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The Beastslayer — 11
‘You despicable pig!’ I barked. ‘What makes you think I won’t slit your throat right now?’
‘And kill the rest of the guard? Then what?’
He was unfortunately right. I could have killed the rat and the guards. I could have released Flav. But, then I would need to leave this city. Flav too, as they would think he was a criminal who escaped. I did not want that. Though in the past I was comfortable with running and avoiding certain cities where I did too much damage, these days I lived by different standards. I had a few cities dear to me and I wanted them to remain places where I could always return. Anadria was one of them.
I had no choice but to bite my lip, hold my tongue and keep my hands away from my daggers.
‘My wife has been seeing a scum for a while now. But, she is not the problem. I can forgive her for her mistakes and teach her some manners for the future. The bastard however, must die! You kill him and I release your friend.’
‘Kill?’
‘Oh come, come, let’s not pretend you don’t do that sort of things. And to make it easy for you and your knightly conscience…it’s not even human. It’s some dirty, waste-leech. It bewitched my wife and forced her…into doing things. You must put it back to its cursed sleep,’ spat the rat as he threw a quick glance at his guards who were too far…
