After much furious deliberation, I’d concluded that he simply saw me as such a little threat that he didn’t care to see me executed for what I’d done. Something had happened between us that night, and I was tormented wondering what exactly it was. Some magic had passed from me to him unbidden and had affected him in a way I couldn’t even guess at. Fuck, it had made him angry though. I had thought him terrifying without a soul, but with one dipped in ire, he was an even more ominous target. Despite my failure in killing him, I wasn’t giving up. Success was only achieved through attempt. The
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