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Bat Bat actually bounced on her heels and then caught herself because she remembered too late that political seriousness was supposed to look more refined than visible excitement.
Mihos smiled openly now. Good. Let him. He thought he had made a lower cousin dance.
He had not yet understood he had built a hunting ground for Sekhmet and invited the wrong predator into it.
Sekhmet continued before anyone else could take the center back.
"It will be good training."
There. The truth of it was spoken aloud.
For one second, Mihos almost looked as if he had not expected the answer to come in that form.
Sekhmet's voice remained even.
"My lesser vampires. The ghouls. The bats. The twins. Lily." He let the names stand without explaining them because he did not need Mihos to understand the whole structure. "They need work. Iron House can provide it."
