MacRieve by Kresley Cole (Excerpt)

7/28/2019 MacRieve by Kresley Cole (Excerpt)

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. . . and those sentient creatures that are not human shall be united in one stratum,coexisting with, yet secret rom, mans.

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A proud, strapping warrior o the Keltoi People (or Hidden People, later known as Celts) was taken in his prime by a maddened wol . The warrior rose rom the dead,now an immortal, with the spirit o the beast latent within him. He displayed the wol s traits: the need or touch, an intense loyalty to its kind, an animal craving or the de-lights o the esh. Sometimes the beast rises. . . .

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Th Ubu pDescendants o demons, reapers o pleasure. Thrice in ones arms, orever enslave

Separation begets grave sickness, yet only through death can the envenomed be reed.

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Th Acc iAnd a time shall come to pass when all immortal beings in the Lore, rom the Valkyrie, vampire, Lykae, and demon actions to the witches, shi ters, ey, and sirens . . . must fght and destroy each other.

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MACrIeve 9

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MACrIeve 17

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is with me? Sick, sick! H , W. B W , .

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M W M I dont deserve pity! H , H M .

W , M .Hate me,brother! As I hate mysel !

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I resolve. W .Where your mate

goes, you ollow. . . .


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Uilleam ndriu Mac ieve, chie tain o the

Nova cotia settlement o Clan Mac ieve

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bluidy ool you were. D , .H . V . I

. B I . H .Hi then, Im MacRieve, and this is my Lykae beast. Get used to him,

because youll be seeing a lot o him. , , H

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