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"Your loyalists are as good as dead Just like your twins" Jack nodded to indicate the carnates "Or their placeholders, anyway"

"That’s Death’son Aric

He sat at the ers The book lay open in front of hilanced at it, then studiously away Did he hope ouldn’t figure out e possessed?

For once, we’d had a turn of fortune The book hadn’t been in Milo’s safe or hidden away

Because he was the Lovers’ chronicler

At the ti an entry The last written word trailed across a page

The bad news? The language was ancient Roood news? Aric said he could translate it in time Milo snapped, "Death wasn’t part of the deal!"

"The one your kids already welshed on?" I pointed out

"You!" As I’d suspected, Milo’s face grew even redder I’d never been looked at with such conteenerations of this family’s misfortunes--the Ecenturies? That’s a stretch"

He gazed at the circlet of roses ona face of revulsion "Without your treachery, the Duke and Duchess Most Perverse would have won, becoods! They could have watched over and enriched this faeneration kno you robbed us Our line is forged frorown more and more bitter about ht this wrong They are retribution They in this, so they can punish you in the next game and the next" He bared yellowed teeth "Enjoy your final days in this life, you treacherous bitch!"

Jack clocked hi moments to focus his vision "Let’s talk about those kids, Milo We’re goan to ring thee swap"

"They won’t trade anyone for me"

"For their chronicles, then?" Aric slid the tome into a waterproof sleeve he’d found

Milo redlined on the crazy ht to those!"

"Stay on topic" Jack backhanded hi the man’s head to the side "Your kids Where are they?"

"I will never give theh I knew Milo had earned the retribution he was about to receive, I didn’t want to watch him tortured Especially not by Jack

Plus the red witch would probably view it as recreation and crave siot this, Evie You want to wait outside?" Aric rose, book in hand "I’ll take you"