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extract:

"So what's it going to be, Illa?"

He flinched- it had been so long since he'd heard his own name that the very syllables it consisted of sounded foreign, like clunky, unfamiliar music to his ears.

"I'll give you three options."

The younger man that sat on an ornate golden throne in front of Illa tapped his foot, a repetitive motion that drove him to anxiety as if it were the ticking of some impatient clock, the fury of which could bring the minute hand slamming down on his neck like some black-clad executioner.

"Would you rather be beheaded, hung, or burned?"