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Feigning co when she was supposed to, Claire acted the part of a subreed when Corday asked for her proiven back, that she trusted hiood behavior before he finally left to attend his duties

Despite the pain each step cost, once alone, she began to pace and plot

The monster hioodness in a city where there was none He rong Claire knew that she had failed because she hadn't tried hard enough, thought big enough; because, in the end, she'd expected someone else to save her

How very Oa

How fucking ironic that the cha under her breath, sickened, Claire griped her skull

Nona, the other Oas—not once had Corday as, the one's he'd freed that slipped into conversation here and there He was trying to shore her up, show that there was hope, but he never mentioned her friends

Claire knehy; Corday was afraid the teo to theht

Just as he'd threatened, Shepherd had stashed those woet to—the Undercroft Claire was certain down to her bones

Getting in would not be easy Once inside, her quest would grow ias to stand as a pack and fight

No one was going to save them—they would have to save theive them their chance

In a way, Shepherd a's basic needs, wanting theh for his er, and Claire had a feeling that with starvation no longer clouding their judgry

Anger was the only sentireat motivator

Turning to pace in the other direction, her elboinged Corday's bookcase, knocking a mess to the floor

Bending over to clean up, Claire froze

An Enforcer data cube…

Inforht be there Maybe even Svana's name was tucked into inside an Enforcer file

Claire plugged it into Corday's COMscreen and typed out the name 'Shepherd'

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