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He sounded re you isn’t the only way to achieve vengeance, warrior"

A pause crackling with tension "What are you saying?"

"I told you I had heard of you, yes?" Galen, the keeper of Jealousy and False Hope, was one of the greatest enemies of the Lords of the Underworldand he was a prisoner here Had been for months They’d spent the first feeeks of their association exchanging information and would have continued to do so if he hadn’t deteriorated froone radio silent

Which was unfortunate Knowledge was old, and she always craved more The very reason I once set up a network of spies stretching fros even the Titans and Greeks didn’t know She just had to remember them

"You love your friends," she said "Provide for the?"

As a forladiators look likewith this "Stop me if you’ve heard this one, butI can kill them"

The bars of his cage rattled

Direct hit

"You won’t go near theth, or histo you"

"Like Mari had done nothing to you?"

"You weren’t there You don’t kno things went down You’re bla me for an accident"

"We both know you blame yourself Why shouldn’t I?"

A moment passed, and when next he spoke, he was cool and collected onceall psychoanalytical on me, princess I blame myself, yes You can blah he couldn’t see her, she raised her chin "I aain and I will castrate you before I kill you" For many years, castration had been her preferred method of punishment The secret was in the turn of the wrist

Heyou"

"And you should knoill do whatever I dee"

"Your attitude e " He’d moved froed steel acco his every word "You may or may not be the Red Queen immortals fear, but I am a warrior hom one does not screw On the field of battle, I enjoy the feel of a blade slicing through orates me I even think screa out"

In their world, strength mattered And the way he’d just described himself

Sexy

No, not sexy!