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I want to leave the island immediately, take a boat and sail for civilisation, to be reunited with Dervish But there are details to sort out first As anxious as I am to press on, I don&039;t want to leave a job half-done

First, with Ti the eep the compound in search of any survivors I&039;m not sure if I&039;d take them captive or kill them, but there aren&039;t any, so that&039;s a question which ultiratefully as I pass Their previous leader never treated the to be like this all the time, dozens of soldiers to feast on every day I&039;m sorry that I&039;ll have to disappoint them Maybe I can round up more of Antoine&039;s collaborators and send them over-home delivery, Grubbs Grady style!

Once we&039;re sure the compound&039;s clean, Prae asks if I can move the olves out, so that she can reestablish the peri a hand through her grey hair "We can&039;t take them back-I won&039;t subject theain, not after this-but we can&039;t just leave the some with me," I tell her and all three of them stare at ainst us We&039;ll have to fight again And again I&039;d rather do that with my pack than without them"

"But hoill you control them?" Meera asks "Off this island in a city you can&039;t keep therowl "I&039;ll have to treat them to a kill every so often, but that shouldn&039;t be a proble I won&039;t take them all, just the more advanced Thirty, forty no ood idea," Meera says

"Too bad," I grunt "Demons can&039;t be killed by normal humans, but these have been tainted by the blood of the Deic They can kill just about anything Lord Loss sends against us So they&039;re co with me"

"What about the rest?" Prae asks before Meera can force an argument "Will you move them out of the compound, so that I can restore the wall? I&039;ll remain here and order supplies, do what I can to make their lives as pleasant as possible This will be s I did wrong"

"You really think you can?" I frown "Antoine wasn&039;t working alone The Lambs betrayed you Are you sure you can make demands of them now?"

"I know most of those who sided with Antoine," Prae says, cheeks flushing with anger "I&039;m sure I can expose the rest I&039;ll knock the Lainal mandate-to help those afflicted with the curse We&039;ll still search for a cure, but on&039;t breed or lie anymore We won&039;t even need to execute We can offer an alternative now-this island"

"A holiday resort for olves?" I chuckle

Prae smiles "It sounds crazy, but why not? We couldn&039;t do it before-they&039;d have ripped each other to pieces But they&039;ve been altered The modified creatures can control the others We&039;ll do the rest, feed theuard them from the outside world, introduce new members into the fold as we reap them over the years"

I like the idea of a olf sanctuary "OK I&039;ll give the order to retreat You get to work on the walls But Prae," I stop her as she turns "If you don&039;t treat thehter&039;s one of theht" Then she leaves, Timas in close attendance to help her with the computers, while I howl and direct my pack towards the exits

As the olves depart, I scan therunt at those I like the look of and hold theroup behind me They don&039;t knohat I want, but they trust ather thirty-seven in total Large, ly beasts The weirdest personal army in history, but they won&039;t let ether, as ainst us Bathe in their blood Grow fat on their flesh Sharpen our fangs on their bones

My wolfen troops put Shark&039;s dirty dozen to shame I smile wryly when I think about the ex-soldier He would have appreciated the final push, the slaughter and blood-drenched victory He&039;d have understood why I had to kill Horwitzer Antoine was a ho had to be squashed Meera thinks I&039; his death, but Shark would have done the sao hell, even a few hours ago, I wouldn&039;t have I was a child, with a naive sense of honour Not any a war The survival of the hu is all that matters If we have to become kill-crazed beasts to defeat the deuilt Those of us who protect the world ht for

When the last sated ive Prae and Tinal They throw the relevant switches and the panels of the wall ru us off fro shut, htly I want to be outside with the jubilant olves, running free But I have obligations My place lies away frorowl at Meera and Tiet the hell out of here"