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From the start, Baden had suspected her of malicious intent But back then, he’d suspected everyone of malicious intent, and he’d been tired, so very tired, of the constant paranoia He’d even begun to suspect his friends of wrongdoing, and the urge to hurt them, to kill them, had proven nearly irresistible on a daily basis On several occasions, he’d stood at the foot of someone’s bed, a blade clutched in his hand One day, he would have snapped

Moving to a neould have done hiry then as Destruction was now Eventually, the demon would have driven hi, the paranoia they caused too intense Suicide by ho Haidee now sliced him up inside He’d hurt her years before she’d attacked him--had killed her actual husband in battle She’d hurt him in turn They were even Now, they weren’t the people they’d used to be They’d started over with a clean slate For thedead and snarled at her, reet He craved revenge

Not going to happen, Baden inforth of a second table, while his wife Josephina, the queen of the Fae, studied an intricately detailedblack hair tumbled over her delicate shoulders Hair Kane stopped to s her pointed ears

The warrior whispered so thatthe scar on her cheekthe hollow of her neck Her blue eyes warmed and sparkled

"War is serious business" She ran her hands over her rounded belly, a loving caress for her unborn child "Let’s get serious"

Need to leave Now Baden wasn’t stable He shouldn’t be this close to the fenant one

In unison, Paris, Airl, acting as a shield while extending a bloodstained dagger in Baden’s direction

He thrilled at seeing theether After his death, the twelve warriors he’d only ever sought to protect had split in two groups of six, severely weakening their defensive line My fault

While the groups had mended their broken relationships centuries later, Baden had yet to mend his conscience

Destruction kicked at his skull Kill!

The ers were lowered and sheathed Not that the beast was pacified