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Mara stood blade in hand, looking at Eliot, while the Shadoalked aith the box Eliot coughed a few ti at me?

“Are you sick?” Mara whispered “Tell them if you are”

Eliot brought his eyes up to meet Mara’s His voice trembled as he whispered, “I knohat you are”

“What? What are you talking about?”

“Three steps backwards,” the Master said

Mara took the steps He knohat I aain

“Begin”

Eliot dropped to his knees and held the blade to his own neck “It caht It showed me what you are It showed me ould become of me It said I would suffer”

“To your feet, boy,” the Master shouted

Mara looked into Eliot’s eyes He is scared ofabout?”

“Enough Seize him,” the Master shouted

Two Shadows ran toward Eliot

Mara blinked several times as the Shadows slowed to al in the air, just as it had when he was attacked by the then he first got here

The huge black-skinned Beast that had drawn Mara into the Shadow Forest all those weeks ago stood behind Eliot Thick black horns curled froe s It didn’t have any clothes on, but there was no cock and balls, no tits Its yellow eyes stared straight into Mara’s It’s you The Beast nodded slowly, then placed a huge, pointy nailed hand on top of Eliot’s head Mara looked around

Can anyone else see it? Theopen as they stared toward Eliot