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“They were good people, Jade They didn’t deserve their fate”

“That is very true” She had to ta within her “Tell e after I was born?”

“Hoould your parents explain to a young girl that a deed a war against your kind?”

“But it would have explained so much,” she said “Myyour species and yet finding some sort of compassion for them She was the one to first teach me that humans can be just as destructive Lisette’s books confirmed my mother’s notions”

“Marianne saw things from an objective viewpoint I always ad run, however, she was only partially right Not all demons are evil But Jade… Many of them are”

With that, he turned once more on his booted heels and marched out of her house

He’d left her with a clear warning—not to get too comfortable because she’d had interactions with a few demons who didn’t want to kill her How many more existed that would easily see her dead?

She left the rooht in the pit of her stos from the stack Davian had first supplied onto the fire His tiround debris again in theYet he’d obviously known her supply had reached the dwindling point and had sent Morgan Could be he was , fronized she wasn’t generating as much heat of late

And that bed he’d had hed out loud, despite her melancholy The fact it was three times the size of her old one aside, she loved it Yes, the acco by herself But when she wandered back into her rooazed at the bed, all she could really think about was how beautiful and inviting it appeared

There was no denying she’d prefer to indulge in the plush comforter and satiny sheets with Davian, but she remained realistic about their predicament

In fact, her relationship with hiown and slipped between the covers Rather, her thoughts were centered on Morgan and the things he’d said She hadn’t known his close involvee on the shifters who’d mauled her parents

One thing that did resonate within her, however, was the coh the huood versus evil equation was a corasp her mother’s sentiment now, for her parents had had exposure to a de them

Jade herself had met a demon who lived in constant conflict because he had executed deadly orders against the hureement with, as he’d adh they were the only ones to suffer That clearly was not the case

Yet Morgan’s warning did not go ignored As she reveled in the lavishness of her new bedding, she wondered if perhaps she really had becolimpse at Her father had apparently doe Peace had prevailed and fatalities had been kept to a minimum, with the exception of the obvious ones

Jade couldn’t help but draw a parallelise between herself and the kingdoeneral’s syers The slayers, even