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"I&039;m so sorry to bother you with this" It was the third tiht to know"

"It&039;s okay, Alice It&039;s not your fault They&039;re not animals, they&039;re people It&039;s stupid to pretend they don&039;t have hu time before now"

"It&039;s not your fault, Majesty The fault lies with me It&039;s-"

"They should be recaptured and staked," Sinclair said, sounding bored

"We&039;ve been over this," I snapped back

"I suppose we have"

I didn&039;t agree with his kill-all-Fiends mind-set, but his boredom with the subject wasn&039;t much fun, either

"It&039;s not &039;they,&039; " Alice supplied helpfully "It&039;s just one"

"Let e?"

"Yes, ht The devil&039;s daughter turned out to be sweet as creaave off the distinct impression that he&039;d like to saone on the laain, ma&039;am"

"Okay, well, call me if he turns up"

"At once, Majesty"

"We&039;ll keep our eyes peeled, not literally Meanwhile, let&039;s think of a better systeet out, but George does, so let&039;s figure out why and fix it so he can have what he wants here on the property It&039;s not the best plan in the world, but it&039;s e&039;ll start with"

"Yes, Majesty"

"Swell," Sinclair said, and gaveriped We&039;d driven back to theEric out on the front lawn "Like dealing with the spawn of Satan isn&039;t touchy enough without you popping up like a jack-in-the-box with fangs"

"I wasn&039;t following you," he pointed out coolly "I was following her"

Nuts I&039;d been afraid of that "Why?"

"She is a fascinating creature I had no sense of deceit from her, did you?"

"N-"

"All that potential power, that world-building porapped up in a lovely package A genuinely nice girl with no clue of the unholy power she could wield" He was practically rubbing his hands together "To harness that power if I could just-"

"We," I said "If we could just"