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[crushed_pearls]

Erin's voice mail message is in a weary voice: "Erin Peters. If you called in the middle of the night and I didn't answer, I'm dying. If I pick up and someone on your end isn't dying, they will be shortly. Text otherwise."

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[prince_of_beasts]

Dimitri listens. He watches Erin's face, unblinking.

Very, very carefully, he lifts his hands from his lap and spreads them flat on the table. A tremor rattles down his shoulders and into his wrists. A muscle twitches in his face.

"By every moral I was raised by, and every code of ethics I’ve been taught," he growls. "Had I not given my word, I should kill you here and now."