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"Cease, hed

"You find this ah about it? Are you truly such a mad when he said softly, "I was more than your match when it came to Adrienne"

"Face your executioner, pretty bird" Adahland ely

Adam stepped closer

So did the Hawk "Fair battle, fickle fae Unless you’re too afraid"

"This is what you called ht ht ht me fair"

They circled each other warily, muscled frames abristle with unleashed hostility The violence that had simmered since theboil It was a relief to the Hawk to have it out, to have it done with And oh, get his hands on that bastard smithy at last!

"Fair battle is all I’ve ever done"

"You lie, fool You cheated at every turn"

"I’ve never cheated!"

"Well, don’t cheat now," Haarned as they faced off "Bare-handed Man to ility, and cunning? I think not"

Adaed indolently "You will rue the day you were born, pretty bird I’ve already beaten you and taken your wife, but this day, I will seal your fate This day I will destroy Dalkeith, until nothing but granite crury sea Your bones will be ahed