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Dawson turned, and I could feel his shrewd gaze on et control of yourself, brother"

I stopped in front of the closed doors and looked at him over my shoulder

He shook his head "I’m--"

"Don’t," I warned

Dawson’s eyes squeezed shut for aat the closed doors, nearly devastated "How ut It was too much I knew his defenses were down and he had been put in a bad position He didn’t have any other choice "I don’t know, because"

I didn’t have to elaborate Understanding dawned on his face "Dee"

My eyeselse to be said Facing forward, I pushed open the door, and the constant huer as I entered the wide, circular office

Newcomers were in the room, but it was the one in the seat with his back turned to me who mattered, the one we’d been drawn to the moment they’d shown up at the cabin

He was sitting in a leather chair, watching a big flat screen on the wall It was a local TV news station broadcasting ies of don Coeur d’Alene Totally different place than it had been three days ago Ss Fire covered the west like a burning sunset The streets were a mess Co a strange lilt as he navigated the new language "Scurrying around on the ground ai an electronics store

"They’re so helpless, unorganized Inferior" His laugh was deep, almost infectious "This will be the easiest planet for us to dominate"

It still aeneration after generation since the destruction of our planet, holed up in soodforsaken universe that was apparently not as comfy as Earth

He shook his head, ales of tanks rolling into the city He laughed again "They can’t defend theht black skirt and pressed white shirt, cleared her throat Her na, because I referred to her as Sadi the sadist

She didn’t seem to mind, because in the short time I had known her, the nickna I did know about her was that her gaze was usually attached to my ass

"Actually, they do have weapons," she said

"Not enough, est cities in every state, in every country Let them have their little weapons We may lose a few, but those losses will not impact our initiative" The chair wheeled around, and themy back tensed The human form he’d chosen was that of a trim male in his early forties, with dark brown hair parted neatly and a wide, perfectly straight white smile

He’d taken the form of the mayor of the city, and he liked to be called by the dead huoal will still be reached Isn’t that right, Daemon Black?"

I met his stare "I really don’t think they’ll be able to stop you"