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Moving with preternatural speed, he snapped Jewel’s neck before the vampire even had the chance to draw in a breath to scream “She’s not dead,” he said after it was done “At this level of strength, she’ll rise again unless I decapitate her Venom can fly her to Andreas in the chopper”
Shocked at the brutal swiftness of the punishht it wouldtortured, but it doesn’t”
“There can be no mercy here” The words of a man who had seen centuries pass, rivers of blood soak the earth “The instant word gets out that we’re doing clean executions, the Made will lose the fear that ensures they don’t dare things such as this e to Venom as he spoke “For the old ones, death is no threat But paineveryone fears pain”
She understood what he was saying, certainly had no loyalty to Jewel, and yet—“It seerim smile “We aren’t iving her a warning If so, it was unnecessary “I’ve always seen you, Dmitri” No matter if she believed there was ral part of his nature, couldn’t be ignored or wished away
Chopper blades sounded at that instant, and soon Veno the e, but said nothing, picking up Jewel Wan’s body and stowing it with all the care you ht show to a sack of potatoes “You want a ride?”
“No, we’ll drive”
Venoot into the helicopter and lifted off in a wild rush of air
Leaving the abandoned Town Cars where they were, she and Dot back into the rental A couple of calls later, and Danized a cleanup crew both for the cars and for the guards
“What will happen to the to the tho didn’t lift a weapon against e of Jewel’s actions The other one will suffer a punish me, he disobeyed Raphael That can’t be permitted”
The instant it was, Honor knew, many of the Made would break their bonds, surrender to bloodlust, begin to hunt living prey “The three naave, do you know them?”
“Yes They’re part of the sah of a bitch that she , out of spite”
“We’ll find out soon enough—I’ve sent instructions that they’re to be watched They’ll be brought to the Tower for questioning to breath, she said, “I just want to finish this” Wanted to get on with the life she’d decided to live
“You will”
Sitting in the passenger seat with D her in fur and chocolate and sin, luscious and irresistible, Honor watched theher into sleepinto dreams
“You areher hands into her hair she blew out a breath “If anyone has cause to be jealous, it’s me”