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"No, fuck that shit That pair of assholes can fuck right off"

As Wrathin the Audience Roo hearth George was curled on his lap, the King’s hand stroking that boxy, blond head, the dog feeling considerably better after he’d apparently tried to ingest the yellow fuzz of a tennis ball

Things orking their way through Not that Saxton had asked for a detailed accounting of what "things" or "working" or "through" uess, however

"You have such a way of putting things, rin as he looked back down at the ancient tome that he had opened with care and consulted with ree Peyton and Roht to detere in this antiquated passage, we can assure that non-consented dowries are not a proble forward for either sex"

"Do you want to cancel that appoint him look like he was prepared to shoot the pair of sires "Because if they come in here, theykid Are you kidding me"

"Yes, my Lord" Saxton made a notation on his schedule "I think it would be best if I explained to theally for them to accomplish their objectives Otherwise, ill have call Stainood pair, you and I"

"I aree more wholeheartedly" Saxton bowed "I shall draft the revision to the Old Laws and enter it intoAll will be well"

"That’s the last thing on our agenda, right?"

"Yes, e, nothat anyroan, Saxton gathered his papers, got up from his desk, and bid his adieu On the way out, he nodded at Blay, who had been on guard by the door

"I think the pair of theo ho about his second child"

"And I think we’re all scared to death anything will happen to--"

"--that dog"

"--that dog"

They nodded and then Blay went into the Audience Rooe for transport and Saxton went back to his office The te, but in the end, he had to follow his procedure It was a good hour before he could leave, and when he was finally done, he nearly traen on the way to the back door

De to the farmhouse’s front stoop, he paused to loosen the laces on his Merrells, and he histling as he entered the--

The scent of blood was thick in the air

"Ruhn?" He dropped his satchel and his travelon the floor "Ruhn!"

As sheer panic flooded every nerve ending he had, he raced into the parlor Furniture had been knocked over, a las were out of place, scrunched up in corners

"Ruhn!" he screaroan

But the blood was not hu around, he ran down to the kitchen and--

The pool of blood was over by the table and Saxton all but tripped in his rush to get over there--

"Oh, God, no…!"

Ruhn was sprawled on the floor facedown, blood…everywhere

"Ruhn! My love!"

Saxton fell to his knees by the body, his stoive in to the impulse as he reached out to touch shoulder and back