“Make me one of the Circle too,” Orion insisted, and Hamish’s eyes darted toward him before bouncing away again in dismissal and Seth snorted a laugh. “Don’t ignore him,” I snarled, my hackles rising in an instant and Hamish looked to me in alarm, cupping his mouth with his hand. “But my lady, he is Power Shamed,” he whispered those two words in horror, barely able to speak them. “Not to me he isn’t,” I growled. “I-I-I-” Hamish stammered, trying to grapple with that. “This’ll make him look at me,” Orion muttered then split his thumb open on his fang, turning his arm over and smearing blood
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