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A vaone mad from his oisted addictions

"Are you here to have the return of your clanshts of leadership?"

The vampire smiled "The truth?"

"If you can speak it"

"I ahts away fro that this va his muscles in an attempt to retrieve his clanserous situation

Dangerous and potentially lethal, he acknowledged as he covertly glanced toward the circling vampires, who continued to point their weapons directly at his heart

"Is this so s vae vaave a slow shake of his head Styx didn’t have to look closely to realize that this was a vampire who had been broken of all will

At one tier vampires would brutalize and enslave the weak A chief would rule by terror, and those beneath hihastly price

Over the past centuries Styx had slowly, and at tie such practices

Unfortunately, it appeared that Desmond held on to the old ways, and his entire clan suffered for his arrogance

"No, my lord," the servant intoned

"There, you see?" Desarded the va he would enjoy art Unfortunately, the half dozen crossbows currently pointed at him severely limited his options

"What is your plan?" he demanded "That you killlike that It is what you did, after all I always learn from a master"

"You truly believe that the vampires will follow you simply because you claim yourself the Anasso?"

"Why not?" Desmond pretended to study his ave a short, huh "When it suits them to do so"

"Nonsense, my lord You are far too modest Your reputation has spread far and wide All varave Indeed, your nas shiver in their shoes" He lifted his gaze to reveal a hectic glitter in the green eyes A glitter that Styx was beginning to suspect was due more to sheer madness than sies to slay you will prove to all that he is even erous, even more brutal The perfect leader"

Okay, he truly had plue

Styx took a moment to consider his options There weren’t many He could no doubt cloud the mind of a handful of the vampires, or stun them with his power, but not all at once There were simply too many eneh to outrun a crossbow

His only hope see the rabid va scheme

Perfect

"You are pathetic," he at last said with a sneer of his own

"I aaunt face even as Dese, I ae, aed "You can kill me if you wish, but the vaood as another toas he upholds the laws for all?"

"If that is true what is to keep another chief fro the position by the sah not to lock myself away in damp caves and play the aloof, lance over Styx’s large form "The humans have proven that you do not need to be a kind, or an intelligent, or even a competent ruler How many buffoons and idiots have sat on a throne? You only have to win the goodwill of your people and they will follow"

Styx gave a sharp laugh By the gods, this vao to his head