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Smoke wafted from his nostrils as he jackknifed to his feet "You would do well to fear irl"

"Fear is your way in The door you sneak through I choose to re but a husk for e "I want to help your ht their darkness when they should eth"

True strength The way to Baden’s heart

The burn returned to her gu her she wasn’t helpless She was armed "What do you know of freedom? You, who are bound to your pride, want only to enslave others"

Biscuit, Gravy Co Baden to heel I owe hi you tothem to sate their baser needs with you The warrior will be distraught, I’h the door, wood shards raining in every direction They stopped to flank her sides, strange buzzing sounds acco the pups were okay

Flabbergasted, she reeled back Their teeththeir teeth moved They had ts up top and ts on bottom, and both rows spun round and round like the blades on a chain saw

Lucifer looked at the pups, then at Katarina His eyes narroith calculation "I collect infors If you want Baden to bend to your will, I can arrange it I can also ? Not just no, but never What a hypocrite she would be, superseding his right to choose But the ifear lead reed to try, but Baden couldn’t find a way, she would have to live with disappointment and he would have to live with failure

"What do you say, Miss Joelle?" A slow sain?"

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"There is no theory of evolution Only a list of creatures I’ve allowed to live"

--Xerxes, Sent One

CAN’T PURGE THIS RAGE