("Only in name only. A real c -- o next Tuesday," he sighs, clearly resigned. "He was used, like me, like them all. Except, Barent tapped into something primal with your brother, something unending. A well of hopelessness he discovered. The average person he drains and leaves for dead? Won't sustain him, not like Julian can. He's carrying a lot underneath. Lying to himself enough that I got enough of a foothold and the Baron wedged his way in. And now he's in the wind and I get to be Alan Parker," he spits out, tsking.
"He isn't looking to drain your brother, but he drained the connection I have to him. Enough that alarm bells went off across the covens.")
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"He isn't looking to drain your brother, but he drained the connection I have to him. Enough that alarm bells went off across the covens." )