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and Beck felt the call in his soul

It went against everything in Beck Finn’s nature His instincts

cried out to kill the pretender Beck’s prey stood before hi

in his boots There was no question about the outcoht,

even as Torin’s backup storh the doors He could kill them

all

And lose Cian

Deep in his heart, Beck knew that he wouldn’t care once Cian was

dead It would free him in some ways He could be the predator he’d

always known himself to be He could kill and kill and kill until

soh to take him out

But Cian wasn’t dead He was alive, and he waited for his brother

to save him

Beck could avenge his father He could save his kingdom and all

of its people, or he could save the only person in the world to ever