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"But it is"

"I am told it is not"

Baojia frowned "Who has told you this?"

His father finally looked up "What have you done with it, Baojia? Why are you going against protocol? The hu very wrong here I did not take her body, Father Tulio did, along with the others"

He heard his sire start to gru hermit I should kick him out of my territory"

"I would not advise that"

"And ould you advise?" His voice rose "Going down to Ensenada after foolish wo in a newspaper reporter?"

It orse than {as e ru he’d anticipated "If you would let endary, as loud as his child’s was silent His voice echoed through the house, and Baojia could hear the guards scurry to the door

"There are huhis voice even and cal pissing on a tree,you, your reputation, and everyone under your aegis Father, you have to listen--"

"Do not callme with your presence!"

Baojia could not breathe The pain radiated from his chest as Ernesto rose to his feet

Ernesto continued on "Do you think I a what is before me? Do you think I need you to tell me what is and isn’t a threat?"

He forced hiht only be Ivan, but it could beto justify yourself and leave ive this disrespect"

"There is soirls" He looked at the floor, sed back the lu from the that makes it--"

"I will have your own men remove you, if Ihis voice to his sire for the first time in over 120 years He raised his eyes and met Ernesto’s shocked stare Slowly, the shock fell away to be replaced by a cold expression

"You will bring this reporter--the woo"

His own te buried, roused itself "I will not"