Or else.


    all of the Zahnian guards assigned to the White Palace.”


    will kill you.”


    had been that pause where I had considered turning the gun on the Emperor, but then thought better of it and tossed the gun back to its owner.


    should just take the warning and let it be? I had barged into the Emperor’s room after all. And there had been that moment when I held the gun, and maybe a few others after the Emperor had made his ultimatum that I thought some very unpleasant thoughts about my birth father.


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    with his mind. Okay, so if I had gotten some decent sleep and hadn’t spent all night deep in the bowels of my own personal mental hell, maybe that last little bit would have caused me to make the smart choice and just shut the fuck up.


    move you out of the way.”


    moved me backwards. Once again, I was slammed against the wall of the shower. And I couldn’t help but think this fight was decidedly unfair. He had an advantage I couldn’t possibly match.


    again. Now I’m starting to think everything would have been so much better if they had actually succeeded in killing you all those years ago.”