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And he was, absolutely, hired

Even if Axe hadn’t co for, Felixe had wrongly assuenteel chauvinist was going to stand for a fehter, no matter how spectacular a soldier and professional Novo was And that was just fucked up

But it worked in his favor

Because he wanted her--

The job, he corrected He wanted the job

"So I’ll be in touch," Felixe said as he rose to his feet

"Yes," Axe ive you ht now I accept the position and I can start whenever you two are ready"

TEN

Complete Chaos

As the beast broke out of Rhage’s body, triggered by Bitty’s suffering, Mary covered the little girl on the exah not froon would hurt her

Parts of the ceiling were raining down, chunks of plaster falling froon’s head had sla back and forth, splintering cabinets and scattering equip the pipes

As a spray of hot water golf-sprinklered all around and lights flickered, Havers and his staff had the exact wrong idea Instead of freezing, they et to an exit that was blocked by soht eat them

But come on Like any of them had dealt with this before?

"Stop! Don’t move!" Mary barked

And that hen the beast roared

Mary turned her head to try to get one of her ears protected, but she wasn’t going to use her hands Bitty was so exposed--

Behind the dragon, the door to the exa in

"Close the door!" Mary yelled "And stay out!"

Her best shot for this not turning into coon, soothe it, and keep the thing trained on her and Bitty As long as she could get and keep its attention, no one was going to get hurt--

The dragon’s jaw snapped closed And then the beast see around and focused on Bitty Chuffing noises came out of its throat, and it took a step forward, the clawed foot landing heavy as construction equipo see the child "She’s okay Coate for yourself"