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Prologue

We are tasked with the hunt, for none but the slayer is trained to eliht—and eliminate we must

We are tasked with secrecy, for the power of the slayer comes from its anonymity

We are tasked with loyalty, for to be a slayer is to belong to a sect that protects and shields itself over all others

We are tasked with brotherhood, for while the slayer hunts alone, we know that we are not alone

We are tasked with truth, for a slayer hunts honestly and with integrity

— The Slayer’s Code, established 1897

Added to the copy hanging in Boone Matthews’s office by Tabby Winslow, age 16

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The bastard was quick

Good thing Adaht was just a little bit quicker