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Mara jigged up and down on the spot “Please, uards’ll string me up”

“Five h the door by the shoulder “If the boss co up” Then he slammed the door

Mara drove his blade up through the gruht up to the handle, then slit his throat, blood spraying into Mara’s face The gru at his bloodied throat

Mara watched the life leave the man’s confused eyes, then strained to push hiritted teeth

Mara opened the door Favian i the man from outside by the arms, dropped him, and shut the door

“You’re fucking covered in it” Favian looked down at the man Mara had killed and smiled “You stab him in the nose?” he whispered

“The Shadows taught –”

“Yes, yes I knohat they teach Now listen Stay close and stay quiet” Favian crouched and passed alongside a tall row of crates

Mara followed, eyes stinging, the salty blood re hiht and breathed through his nose The war else A fa deep inside It’s the Beast It’s close by

They passed around the crates and paused behind a stack of rope The front of the building had no wall, and a big ship was right in front People carried big crates down the planks fro luer than the little bits Peter used to get There’s so much of it

The lu tables where naked people stood chained in lines on either side; their ar

The naked people chopped up the big lumps and mixed it with brown stuff that was piled up in front of theain It was then passed along and put into different crates, which were hammered shut by two men that were dressed like the two Mara and Favian had just killed

“Finally found the bastards,” Favian whispered “Listen, boy I’ to the ship Won’t be hard The naked ones are so fucked fro on around the the crates, wait ’til they drag one to the corner, and you do ’em They’ll be fucked from the Mist too It’ll be easy Don’t do it where them lot by the boat can see you Understand?”

“Do ’em?”

“Kill ’em, you little idiot”