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“Not yet,” Demitri finished. He turned to the crowd. “For too long now you’ve all led lives of sin. There will be many changes to the laws of this kingdom. Gabriel, our creator, made himself clear in THE BOOK OF VOLPI. We are to be fruitful, responsibly. But our population has run out of control; too many nameless bastards produced from adulterous sex. For this, it is now a sin to procreate. You may fornicate. I will still allow that. See? I am a compassionate man,” he laughed, “No harm will come to those who have already sinned…not yet. But from now on if a woman gets pregnant, I will cut the thing out myself. You will all die sooner or later, but I assure you, your deaths will come at my leisure. For now you are my hostages. You see, …show more content…

And your gift for the wedding will be your stepbrother’s broken body. Lock her in here with the rest of them!” Demitri said to his clan. He let go of Anna and walked away to the rear of the cathedral. “And release all of the Ikarus prisoners!” # # # When a dribbling mage arrived at the dungeons to release Montague La-Rose, his heart sank. He knew then that the Kingdom had been taken by the enemy. Two women and a man wearing black gowns escorted Montague out to the street corners where Demitri was organizing the settlement of his army. When Demitri saw Montague, he went wide-eyed. “Well. Now I’ve seen everything. Ikarus has locked up one if it’s most important contributing members,” Demitri laughed. “Montague La-Rose. I’ve been wondering where you were.” Montague ignored the insult. “I’ve been pondering many things for a long time. You were by Olivia’s side for a short time at Ikarus. You had many opportunities to take her, but you never tried. You even saved her life back at the sack of Illyrium.” “Patience is our strongest quality. In order to silently invade an enemy, you have to first get close to their leaders, then strike when they least expect it. But you were always watching, Montague.” “Why would you fear an old man like me? I know what you, the Host of the Nekrums, can do,” Montague said. “Oh, and I know who your teacher is. Remember? You’re a Wizard’s mage and I know what you are capable of. But unlike

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