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Mara sat on the bench behind, leaving the bench in front as a gap between them

“You test my patience, Mara Return to your position” The Master pointed to where Mara had been sat before

Mara did so He wanted to puke

The Master sat “Let us forget about the location of your task If you were to carry out a similar performance elsewhere, what reaction would you expect from the creation of noise?”

The pressure in Mara’s head felt like someone stood on top of it His mouth filled with spit He heaved

The Master held a hand toward the floor “Please, be uest”

Mara puked hot liquid onto the floor, then coughed hard He heaved a fewcame His throat burned, and his mouth tasted sour

“Are you finished?”

Mara coughed “Yes,” he whispered

“Then tell me, what becomes of screams?”

“Someone would hear them”

“Correct Are you so confident in your couards with swords? You are to kill in silence As you proved possible The man had no idea the woman had been slain” The Master paused for so “Witnesses are to be eliminated You will find continued success if you are not revealed as an assassin Women such as those in the cabin may well have found their salvation from elsewhere Thanks to your intervention, they, and their unborn children, are dead”

“Dead?” Mara hung his head forward, the sharp pain in his headhim close his eyes

“You are not to succumb to your emotions” The Master stood “You are to clean up your vomit, then be escorted to your room”

The Master barged past the Shadow in the corner as he left