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"Apollymi isn&039;t to learn of this," Stryker said sternly to Trates "I will tell her about the Dark-Hunter insurrection after they are all dead"

Trates frowned "Why wouldn&039;t you tell her now?"

He feigned nonchalance "She has her mind on other matters I think this should be a surprise for her, don&039;t you?"

His oddess doesn&039;t like surprises She was rather upset with us over the &039;surprise&039; destruction in New Orleans"

That was true enough Stryker had sent in his Spathi Daiht terror for a feeeks, only to have Acheron save the pitiful huood Dai Desiderius But it wasn&039;t the destruction that had ry, it&039;d been Desiderius&039;s attack on Acheron she reacted to

But Trates didn&039;t know that Only Stryker knew the real source of Apollyer

"Yes, but she&039;s calain"

Trates looked less than convinced as he returned the sfora to its gilded stand "So what are your orders?"

"For noe continue to play nice with the Dark-Hunters Let thehed "No, but as you said, the Dark-Hunters are too stupid to see otherwise They will believe our lies for now and allow some of our newer members to hone their skills"

Trates nodded, then took a step back as if to leave

"There is a new priority though"

Trates paused to look back at him "And that is?"

"Kill the Alexion"

Trates looked startled by the order, but he quickly recovered himself "How?"

A slow smile spread across Stryker&039;s face "There are tays We can either make him kill himself or we let the Charontes do it"

Neither method would be easy And he could tell by Trates&039;s expression that his second-in-co both courses of action with equal trepidation

"Hoe get the Charontes to kill him?" Trates asked

"That&039;s the tricky part, isn&039;t it?"

Stryker considered his options Unless he could get Apolly one or two of her pets to leave the Atlantean hell realet them to the Alexion That would be damn near impossible The Destroyer seldoain, there were sooddess who controlled the for a chance to be free

Trates didn&039;t even acknowledge that option "How can you h at that "Norive theood reason to die"

Trates looked even more confused "What could make an Alexion want to die?"

"Kyriay ypochrosi," Stryker said, using the Atlantean teration" "He is as soulless as the Dark-Hunters he protects If you inject a strong soul into a Dark-Hunter, it will take him over, but if you inject a weak one"

"He will hear it begging for mercy"

Stryker nodded That was the hardest part about turning Daimon and it was one of the reasons why they avoided weak souls The constant whining for coest of theht cushion; they still possessed their own souls that could silence the whine Alexion and the Dark-Hunters didn&039;t They had nothing inside to overco to absorb the new life force

The pathetic cries would incapacitate the Alexion, ould have no choice except to either kill himself to free the soul or conde else, it would be an interesting experiment

Would the Alexion stand by and let the soul die or would he end his own life to save an innocent?