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through the sunlit air, raining down u

g frantically at the stones like a deranged animal

ot out from every direction-bakers, blacksmiths, noble reta

sand gold coins for 'Elixirs of Beast Blood' signed by Dolphus Patterson, with an exp

and gold for Martha Patterson's personal jewelr

wildly at the sea of judging, disgusted faces. The illusion of his noble, self-m

w, letting a single, perfect tear slide down my ch

ing bankruptcy, I used my late mother's dowry to save you. I bought your horses, I paid your tutors, I funded

in a fury of rig

d, hurling a rotten cabbage

la

ludge exploded over Dolph

ned down upon the Patterson guards and Martha. The common folk, long oppressed by arro

lpha!" Dolphus screamed, swinging his sword wi

sing like a feral cat, but Bessie stepped in swiftly and del

L

nd and collapsed into the puddle of cabbage water

ing my Lady!" Bessie ye

with pure, unadulterated madness. His reputation was ruined, his famil

cords vibrating with demonic rage. "You cr

is bones popping as he began a partial Alpha shift. Claws extended from his fingertips,

, lunging to intercept, but Dolphu

o dodge and secretly deploy a concealed silv

against my flesh, but directly against the Moo

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moonstones

stal echoed between us, and the

from the crack, tearing into my vein

eing violently torn from my bone

ed the entire market, drowning

der of my own wildly pounding heart; then a