k into its sheath. The metal cl
warned, his voice a low, dangerous rumble. "If you wan
himself for the inevitable. He waited for the spoiled, toxic princess
he di
rown. She didn't
ng back allowed, and folded her hands neatly in front of her.
er voice was calm, steady, and completely since
y. The vicious insult he had prep
d, her face marred by scabs, yet her eyes were startlingly clear
ned. He looked away, unable to hold her steady gaze
ager to leave this bizarre,
ok on
harity ca
ensing. Here it comes, he thoug
bleeding out on the concrete. "If you don't need that carcass,
d lost her mind. The meat of low-level, polluted beasts wa
ugh. "If you want to poison yourse
er eyes lit up. "Thank you," she said aga
the rotting beast like it was a pile of pure gold. His brow furro
urned and walked quickly into th
w disappeared, the system
detected in genetic partner B
he panel. Braden's affection had moved fr
ting a hidden node: Shattering a partne
: [Top-Tier Biologi
. It was the complete anatomical knowledge of thousands of alien species, the precise meth
synapses. When she opened them, she wasn't just a starving wo
a clear anatomical diagram. She knew exactly where the poison sacs were, which
rsized coat. She walked over to the beas
thick, heavy hind leg and a prime section of the backstrap. Driven by the pure, intoxicating promise of real food, she began the agonizingly slow proc
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