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“Would you like a deh I do believe you have already witnessed exactly what I aood old Howard by the way?” he asks, twisting the knife

“We vaer and hate seething from her in waves “There will be war before you ever control us again”

“Let there be war then, and once you have perished I will take fried Pamphrock I will stay away from North Tribane, but the South, well, I believe there is a vacancy there for the position of Governor is there not?”

“I am to take over my late husband’s post,” says Antonia, her voice confident, despite Theodore’s obvious power

Theodore laughs now, bitter and evil and completely devoid of any humour “My dear Antonia, I could kill you now if I so wished But I don’t want to turn irl and subuards can protect you from what I could do to you if pushed”

Ethan speaks up then “Are you so confident Sorcerer, that you think you can take on the entire vampire population in this city?”

“I’m sure my warlock friends will help rin

“Is that true?” Ethan shouts over to our side “Will you let this tyrant speak for you all? Declare war against your enemies on your behalf?”

“We will follow the orders of our Governor, and if he has made a deal with Theodore then we accept that,” replies a warlock with long grey hair

“Blind obedience as usual,” says Ethan dismissively with a shake of his head

“Spineless bastards,” says Rita under her breath, eyeing the warlock who’d spoken up

“I thought everyone hated Theodore, ould Pamphrock make a deal with him?” I ask her, as Antonia continues her battle of ith the Sorcerer

Rita h her nose “Paet one over on the va himself and his folloith an old adversary”

I look around at the crowds upon crowds of people, each side see for even the slightest opportunity to attack

“Do you think et out of here now?” I ask Rita “It looks likely that there’s going to be trouble”