Huntsman by Cambria Hebert

36

Villain

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“A Black Rose has withered,but it is done.”

“He killed him?”

“Just as I knew he would.”

“And now?”

“Now the trap is set, the bait is alone, and reckoning has arrived.”

“The bait is not alone. The bait has company, the one who escaped his blade.”

“Hm. Perfect. Do what he couldn’t.”

Silence.

The hand holding the line tightened. “Is there a problem?”

“No.”

“No, what?”

“Mother knows best.”

The line went dead, and soon, many others would too.