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Soot his hands on the boy, he’d find a way to reet it

I couldn’t let the People get the boy

"That’s nice," I said "I have a simpler solution Take the necklace off the child now and I won’t kill you"

"Wait a God damned minute" Amanda’s father moved to stand between me and his wife "Everyone calets hurt," I told the our evidence," Ghastek said

Curran’s eyes lit up with gold He leveled his alpha stare on the woman She flinched

"Give rowl

"Fine" Aurellia shoved the boy toward us "Take him"

Curran swept the boy off the floor and picked him up Ghastek’s face fell We’ve won this round

"Give me back my son!" the man demanded

Curran just looked at him

"It’s in the boy’s best interests to stay in our custody," Ghastek said "We have better facilities"

"It’s not your facilities I doubt," Curran said "It’s your motives"

"What does that supposed to mean?" Ghastek narrowed his eyes

"It means the necklace is more important to you than the boy," I said "You’ll slice the flesh off his neck to get it"

"That’s a gross exaggeration" The Master of the Dead crossed his arms "I’ve never murdered a child"

"Oh it’s never rettable accidental casualty"