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"Then why?"

"Because I claimed the city It’s

"I live here," I said "I like Atlanta I don’t want this to be a terrible place where people are ruled by assholes and afraid You live here, too Don’t you want this place not to turn into a hellhole?"

The silence stretched

"Everyone you come in contact with becomes temporarily insane" Saiman slumped on the couch "Your father, Niodlike power You’re a child of a woman who betrayed him and you clearly have no desire to serve hie to hi you to operate autonomously, presue you decided to take into your bed built a Pack for seventeen years His very identity rapped up in being the Beast Lord, yet he walks away froh his retireain you struck with your father And the Pack allows it to happen"

Where did he get his information? "Curran loves me He walked away because he wants to be with me"

"And your father?"

"He hasn’t had a child in a very long tie"

Sai"

"He is intrigued by my existence"

Saiman opened his mouth, then closed it "I won’t be part of this insanity"

He picked up the ziplock bag and pushed the glass back tomove," I told him

"Your father will kill you," Saiman said "Perhaps not today, but certainly soon If he doesn’t kill you in the near future, then whatever power tries to overrun the city next will When this happens, everyone who ever supported you will becoe You are a leper Everyone you touch is tainted"

Wow

"Being your ally is a death warrant I gain nothing by supporting you I run the risk of angering you by refusing service, but you left the Pack, so you are no longer in a position to wield it against me, and you won’t take any actions to punish me directly, because you are shackled by your own morals"