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"Get to it" Charles nudged hio when he turned eighteen and his powers began to eodslayer," Charles spoke quietly

Jonny's world froze for a moment "That's hoas able to convince half the vamps to leave with hi Jonny knew the rep of his predecessor through Charles The former Black God, Czerno, had been ht hier, but the tension building inside him was of a kind he hadn't experienced recently

"No one hears about this," he said and touched the hacker on the shoulder "You understand?"

Stuart juaze and strode into the hallway Charles followed the unspoken order, and the two of them walked onto the porch on thethe ocean

For a long ht Godslayers were rarely bornto what he'd learned from the Guardians He had accepted his immortality only to discover there really was a direct threat not just to hin had been plagued by doubt and the ferocious wish that he could change what had happened that led hied He'd stopped viewing hi hoas going to n different Better More sustainable, without the constant wars fought with the White God

Hishe'd done and came to a conclusion that left hiive up his position, as ill suited as he once considered hi the eun to rebuild infuriated him

"Valon is too similar to your predecessor," Charles said finally "Under you and the catch-and-release agreement with Da We have as much freedom as predators can ever expect"

"I have no intention of surrendering ," Jonny replied "My goal has always been to help the vait subculture that doesn't have to challenge the White God's obligation to protect hu to be normal when I was vauard, but for the next generation, eneration, I want this life to be better I want all of us to have a shot at a shadow of normalcy"