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I fought back

I fought back for you

Each Thólosen who does nothing stands with evil There are no excuses Confront the abuse perpetrated on the streets, stand up to rape and violence

Do not turn a blind eye again

Do not make me stand alone

Claire fled the warehouse as soon as the dark gave her cover, racing her own shadow like a wild thing For a body that was strangely listless, she flew through the streets, sheaves of paper clasped to her breast

It took all the dark hours of the night, ather more stacks of paper Nona handed off to her The flyers were placed on the tops of buildings to blow in the icy wind like garbage through the streets, to continuously rain down on coate

Her portrait was like a virus, ale blowing about like leaves

When her body gave out and her vision began to blur, Claire dropped the last arhest causeway she could reach Once it was done, she crawled like a wounded ani In a dark corner she collapsed, oblivious of where she was, and uncaringIt was sih for aEnforcer Svana was collected, and from the monitor in Shepherd's hand, it was clear that Jules's appearance had been soer, she swept from the rooh like the royalty she was

Shepherd kept her waiting, entering Corday's dos of city life The Beta was asleep on his bed, snoring just loud enough to make the continued assurance of his slumber simple, the Enforcer coh the darkness like a demon to stand over him

Claire's scent was rich in the roo fro the handsome Beta, his lips parted in sleep, the predator awakened; the beast licked his chops, ready to tear out the throat of his prey But the giant needed the naïve young Enforcer alive long enough that the fool ht lead him to Claire Once that mission was accomplished, he would personally tear Corday li down at the Beta, Shepherd could already i through his fingers