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He picked at the dried blood under his fingernails and wondered if it had come from the wolad he’

d killed them and helped the women It was the first tiood

Me Mother came back The yellow eyes that somehow looked inside his head She didn’t deserve to die He felt ht about it In some ways, he wished he’d never found her cave, but then, hoould he have learnt his nah Silas shouldn’t have lied to me

The door behind hinised the Shadow Master’s walk He’s dry How co as the Master sat down to face him on the bench in front A second Shadow, also dry, stood in the corner

The Master brushed away some dust from his dry clothes “You are cold?”

Bastard “Yes”

“You are in no position to be abrupt withman”

I hate you and your stupid words Mara looked at the floor, clenching his jaw

“I will begin with your dispatch of the woman, an unexpected addition, and you adapted well Albeit fortunate in the way she was presented to you An easy but effective execution I commend you”

Mara looked up He wanted to pull the Master’s mask off – to see as under it I want the Beast to come and teach you a lesson

“Your subsequent perforet would have reacted if he saw you looking through the door at him?”

Mara looked back to the floor

“Well? Answer me”

“I don’t know,” Mara said, in a much ruder tone than he knew he should have

Mara lay on his back, staring at the light grey lines that ran between the stones in the ceiling The bottos were up on the bench he’d been sat on How did I get here? He lifted his head The Shadow Master sat in the sas off the bench and rose to sit back in front of the Master The Shadow in the corner tipped its head to the side slightly