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Chapter nine

Author: Zara
last update Last Updated: 2024-12-24 23:56:43

Edward:

"Brother!" Ethan called after me, the sound of his boots thudding against the grounds. "Wait and listen to me for crying out loud!"

"Take care of things," I said to Harvey. "Make sure no one gets hurt."

He nodded and stepped out of the Palace. Slowing down, I turned to Ethan who had just stopped running and was breathing heavily. I was almost disgusted at the sight of him. He had grown plump over the years which was a rare occurrence for our kind, as we had an amazing metabolism that made it hard for us to store excess fat.

For him to have gotten this big, that meant he was probably engaging in awful and disgusting acts of gluttony.

"What is it?" I asked, folding one arm over the other.

"Why did you just walk in here to disrupt everything?!" He cried. "Things have been going really well, only for you to come here and poison the mind of my elders!"

"Poison the mind of 'your' elders?" I burst into laughter. "Oh, c'mon. Don't even say that. I saw the way you
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