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Ethan Dare had a love affair with the ht the ways they did business, carried on relationships, and handed out punishments were perfection personified And so when he&039;d hatched the plan to bring down the Eternal Order, he&039;d adoptedtheir particular way of dealing with a problem employee--or in Ethan&039;s case, a problee table, hidden weapons

"You have two objectives," Ethan began, his gaze connecting with each of the six recruits at his table "To find and recruit other Inate humans, Impures, and, if we&039;re very lucky, Purebloods My question is: Why isn&039;t the latter happening with greater speed?"

One recruit, Grevon, a short half-breed with black hair and eyes the color of snoned his scotch and soda before answering, "Pureblood DNA repels our own"

Ethan pinned the little shit with an ice-cold stare "That&039;s because you&039;re not keeping the release"

"You have granted us so as yours At the moment of release we are weakened, and we cannot hold on to the control we had over the veana&039;s runted into his plate of rigatoni "Speak for yourself, Grevon"

Grevon hissed at thehere" He turned to Ethan and shrugged "We need ive it to us if you want this job done with greater speed" The o to the Supre restaurant chatter, and Grevon had the courtesy to drop ever so swiftly headfirst into his veal piccata, so that no one but the five re of beauty

Ethan s Impures, reveled in the barely hidden fear that lit their eyes "I want more Pureblood females and I want them in swell If anyone here is too lazy or too chickenshit to ht now"

No one rinned They were either willing to do whatever he asked of them or not about to stand up and show him their backs To be honest, Ethan didn&039;t care which it was, he just wanted blind devotion, and with the exa in his plate--Ethan illing to bet he&039;d have a few Pureblood feht

Dinner and drinks with the boys was daun he held between his legs into his coat pocket when he scented soarlic He was an Impure, true, powerless for most of his life, but when he&039;d joined with the Supreested the pure and powerful blood, he&039;d been granted powers beyond his station, and sniffing out the enemy was one of them

Ethan cocked his head to the side and inhaled deeply There were pavens near, Pureblood, old blood, and if he wasn&039;t mistaken, one of them was morphed and on the hunt

Hidden in the shadows near the back entrance of Cipriani&039;s Italian Restaurant, the Ro His hand on the Glock at his lower back, Alexander watched as Dare and several of his recruits sat at a table chatting it up like they were having a tea party

"This should be an easy kill," Lucian lanced over at his brother "You sound disappointed"

"I a forward toI don&039;t know--this is bullshit"

"What?" Nicholas asked in a harsh whisper "What is it you want, Luca? An epic battle?"

"Hell, yes!" Lucian hissed