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Montrag see, and turned his dissatisfaction on his servant "You are a total disgrace Leave us"
Rehv glanced at the doggen To hirid of fear and sha out the space around her as surely as her bones and muscles and skin did
Be of ease, he thought at her And know I'll ht
Surprise flared in her face, but the tension left her shoulders and she turned away, looking much calmer
When she was gone, Montrag cleared his throat and sat back down "I don't think she's going to work out She's utterly incompetent"
"Why don't we start with one luar cube into the tea "And see if you want another"
He held the cup out, but not too far out, so that Montrag was forced to get up again from his sofa and bend across the table
"Thank you"
Rehv didn't let go of the saucer as he pushed a change of thought into his host's brain "I make females nervous It wasn't her fault"
He released his hold abruptly and Montrag scrambled to keep hold of the Royal Doulton
"Oops Don't spill" Rehv settled back onto his sofa "Sha of yours Aubusson, is it?"
"Ahyes" Montrag parked it again and frowned, like he had no idea why he felt differently about his o He had exquisite taste, didn't he? We built this rooe, and the color of the walls was chosen specifically to bring out the peach tones"
Montrag looked around the study and smiled to hi
"How's your tea?"
"Perfect, but won't you have some?"
"Not a tea drinker" Rehv waited until the cup was up to theWrath?"
Montrag sputtered, Earl Grey dappling the front of his bloodred s
As the male batted at the stains with a limp hand, Rehv held out a napkin "Here, use this"
Montrag took the damask square, aardly patted at his chest, then swiped the rug with equal lack of effect Clearly, he was the kind of male who made messes, not cleaned them up
"You were saying," Rehv murmured
Montrag ditched the napkin on the tray and got to his feet, leaving his tea behind as he paced around He stopped in front of a large mountain landscape and seemed to admire the dra to the heavens
He spoke to the painting "You are aware that so many of our blooded brethren have been taken down in the raids by the lessers"
"And here I thought I'd beenpersonality"
Montrag glared over his shoulder, his chin cocked in classic aristocratic fashion "I lost my father and my mother and all of my first cousins I buried each one of them Think you that is a joy?"
"My apologies" Rehv put his right palive a shit He was not going to be uy's erief
Montrag turned his back to the painting, his head taking the place of the mountain the colonial soldier was onso that it looked like the littleto climb up his ear
"The glymera has sustained unparalleled losses from the raids Not just lives, but property Houses raided, antiques and art taken, bank accounts disappearing And what has Wrath done? Nothing He's given no response to repeated inquiries about how those families' residences were foundwhy the Brotherhood didn't stop the attackswhere all those assets went There is no plan to ain No assurance that, if what few re members of the aristocracy return to Caldwell proper, we are protected" Montrag really got on a roll, his voice rising and bouncing off the crownout and we need real leadership By law, though, if Wrath's heart beats within his chest, he is king Is the life of one worth the lives of many? Search your heart"
Oh, Rehv was looking into it, all right, black, evil muscle that it was "And then what"
"We take control and do what is right During his tenure, Wrath has restructured things Look at what has been done to the Chosen They are now allowed to tally on this side-unheard of! And slavery is outlawed, along with sehclusion for fe you know there'll be soe, we can reverse what he has done and recast the laws properly to preserve the old ways We can organize a new offensive against the Lessening Society We can triumph"
"You're using a lot of wes here, and so"
"Well, of course there needs to be an individual who is first a jacket and angled his head and body as if he were posing for a bronze statue or maybe a dollar bill "A chosen male who is of stature and worth"