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"A week or two"

Marc nodded and looked at his brother "Has he been good to you?"

Ephraihtened as he should, but Ephraim kneasn’t afraid for himself The man had a newborn son to raise on his own That was the only reason he took the job He told Ephraiht

"He’s been good to me Let him be," Ephraim said dismissively He didn’t want anyone to kno aed into it

Marc nodded "You have a choice, work for me or share their fate Which will it be?"

Tom bowed "You, Your Grace"

"Good Give this ainst estured to the other footmen

"I swear estured to the rest of the men "Has any of them been kind to you, Ephraim?"

He didn’t hesitate "No"

The estured to the twoto Ephraim to move away "Let’s start, shall we?" he said cheerfully

Nichols’ eyes narrowed "Start what exactly?"

Marc shrugged one shoulder and began to pace again "The feeding, retaliation, revenge, whatever you want to call it"

He gestured with the knife to two of his men The rest took positions and aimed their weapons at the footmen "If anyone moves kill him"

Ephrairabbed a footed hiestured towards the men, "These rowled viciously at the thought He didn’t question it He didn’t care After what thesethem, but he had toit fro into that one word

"Eat up, little man," Marc said in the sao

"No!" the footed towards Ephraim "No!"

Marc’s men held him down in front of Ephraim Ephraim’s eyes narrowed on the pulse he could see clearly on the s dropped and instinct took over He latched onto the reedily The led Ephraim’s own shaky hands came up to hold the man

Once the body was drained Marc offered him another and then another Ephraim watched in awe as his skin filled in and tanned Muscles appeared beneath the skin By the sixth body Ephraio, Marc thought With a gratified smile he looked at Nichols, who’d paled considerably Two foot They preferred a quick death over being fed to the devil Their lifeless bodies were hauled over to Ephraim who made use of the blood

Four footainst the wall Fresh urine soaked the front of their trousers They were sobbing loudly "Please, Your Grace! We’re sorry! We’ll do what you want!"