I had warned you . . .” “The Lord of Night,” said Stefan reluctantly, “is the reason Wulfe is the way he is, Adam. He wasn’t always . . .” “Crazy?” suggested Darryl. “No,” said Marsilia with a sigh, letting go of Wulfe. He settled semigracefully onto the grass at her feet. “He was always strange. But he didn’t used to enjoy pulling wings off butterflies.” “He wasn’t sadistic,” clarified Stefan. “Bonarata inspires loyalty by using various methods, and some of them are damaging.” Marsilia opened her mouth, glanced down at Wulfe, then closed it again. “Especially to those of us who loved him,”
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