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"Duty," Rogan said

Sturm rolled his eyes "You’re no fun What do you think about all this, Ms Baylor?"

"It’s nice My pork chop was delicious The wine is also excellent"

Sturrin "Your pork chop That’s priceless You’re delightful"

"That’s right Have you ever met Vincent Harcourt, Mr Sturhter around him "Does he strike you as an erratic man? The kind who can ruin a carefully structured plan by failing to follow sih "You haven’t even been certified as a Priaan didn’t answer He took another small s of his wine

"A an will tell you, Ms Baylor Othere risk losing everything People ork for us People we love Before you know it, we find ourselves cowering in a tiny bunker while the tornados of fate roar overhead But then so runs in the faan smiled Thebeside us cracked with a lovely musical crunch

That smile meant murder I reached out and put ain "The civilizing influence of women What would men do without it?"

I turned to him "Some men are too thick to realize that when they push too far, other ht of consequences Such men would be wise to remember that consequences won’t lanced at theThe hairline cracks fralass shards If theshattered, the shards could slice hiuided by a Prime telekinetic

"I see I’ve overstayed an said "Stay Chat a bit " Sturan It’s not too late to walk on the right side"

He walked away

"What aan?" I asked

His face looked pained "A shiny rock"

True Fine I pulled out ean" into the search

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I choked on empty air

"Do you want to stay for dessert?" he asked

"No"

Our waitress appeared, as if suan told her "Put theon ot into the car Rogan drove through the night city

"Why?" I asked finally

"Because I love you"

"Sixteen lowing lights slid past the

"I wanted to show you the other side of being a Prime," he said "The benefits of it"

"You mean the benefits of a stuck-up asshole in an Ar us or the part where some random woman throws herself at you?" Ouch Okay, that wasn’t fair

"The difference between her and Garen is practice She’ll get better with experience"

"Garen didn’t coht to be just about us," Rogan said "Free of killing and gore Just you andparade, at the end of which Alexander Sturloat And I pointed it out Oh, Connor

"It can be peaceful," he said "We’re at war right now, but on’t always be"

He turned onto our street

"Will you drop ht the car to a smooth stop before the warehouse I reached for the chain around my neck