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The knife the Greek sovereign held became a serrated machete crafted for maximum pain With it, he didn’t just slice He ruined

Do it The rest Gideon had gotten the god’s facial features correct Eyes that , sizzling, glowing A blade of a nose Thin lips, but a strong jaw thatZeus had thick, pale hair that curled to his shoulders, the perfect accompaniment to skin the color of bullion Soh, you could see the streaks of lightning shooting through his veins

Good Survey done Only, it wasn’t relief she felt One last detail to change…

Finally, she moved her attention to Steel Tears instantly burned her eyes, and her shaking increased, nearly toppling her into a sobbing heap All the while, she could feel helplessness churning inside Gideon He wasn’t here, waswith a ed Everything he felt here, he would feel later, when he awoke

Do it Just do it She shaved Steel’s horns down, hating the action, hating herself; the Greeks hadn’t wanted the boy to use them as the weapons they’d been She added patches of scales along the right side of his body So beautiful His teeth, she sharpened so that two fangs protruded over his bottorotesque…beastly She found hie hiel Taken too soon

Finish it Gulping again, chin treed his eye color from black, like hers, to electric blue, like Gideon’s She added several years to his age Gideon had pictured hi boy of eleven or twelve He’d appeared closer to sixteen, a teenager who had never had the chance to date or er who had never felt worthy or loved, and oh, she knew that feeling well

In actuality, though, she didn’t know if he had dated or loved anyone

Her tears began to fall freely as she covered hi, and added thick scars to his back Hundreds of theood or ill, it was done The scene was painted

And noas tis had truly unfolded

Unsure whether she could live through this again--for Steel, anything for Steel--Scarlet nodded, are jerked to sudden life

"Please don’t do this," drea you want" The cut on her lip split, and blood seeped down her chin "Just leave him alone Please"