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And that, my friends, is why he had to be made an example of

Not because of his faults or the one mistake that cost me the medical examiner He had to be taken out because there cannot be dissension in the ranks

It was the perfect opportunity to disgrace him and reinforce my authority, to which there should never be any question

King Henry said it best: Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown Ah, Shakespeare The fundae Whenever in doubt, I can always turn to hiuidance

It’s lonely at the top

But the second it’s not, the second I feel there’s another soul I can lay my burdens on…that’s the moment I’ll feel a knife in my back

I kneel besideover her unseeing eyes, still features Breathless Ti her, and her torment She’ll never look as beautiful as she does this very second Her skin still war her cheeks Glassy eyes widened in an almost awe-like expression

With a gloved hand, I brush aside the ard tresses clinging to her lip-gloss “You have a purpose noeetness”

Frouish what’s flesh and what’s bone—what’s woirls don on their thighs was re Her lovely, full breasts skinned from her body

“Wrap her up and deliver the package,” I command

As I stand, I peer over the sea of dead girls littering the floor Such a waste, such a sha in this sea of red I’ed, how I noear my heavy crown, but it’s tainted the very earth I stand upon

I flick the butt away and step over the blonde There’s a sle of remorse in the pit of my stoarette as it sizzles out in a pool of blood

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