DominicThat obnoxious scoff of hers, the one I had come, somewhat against my better judgment, to find almost endearing, escaped her throat again.She was going to stay. I had already decided that much, regardless of how she felt about the decision, regardless of the protests she would continue to mount in the meantime. I had not brought her this far, into this city, into the center of everything I had built and was still rebuilding, only to release her the moment the work proved difficult or her temper proved inconvenient. I had plans that involved her. Whether she consented to those plans was, for now, a separate question from whether they would proceed."What's stopping me from walking out of here right now?" she asked, chin lifted, daring me to answer honestly.I smiled. It was not a kind smile."The fact that you would leave a trail of torn-apart bodies behind you on the way out," I said. "You killed someone with connections tonight, Sage. Someone whose people are not the forgivi
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