“One of the scariest things you could give the Slaughterhouse Nine is a goal-oriented brain at the head of the operation.” Probably worth mentioning she’s not the best at strategy, by her own admission.
That was Alec talking, actually, though I’m not surprised at the confusion. With the way that particular quote slotted into the conversation, it’s not quite clear that it’s Alec rather than Cherish until more than halfway through it, because it’s surrounded by Cherish’s body movements without dialogue.
“Ah. I sort of remember that bit about your power. The part that sticks in my head is that you don’t have long-term benefits. It wears off, and your targets build immunity pretty quickly.”
Cherie shrugged.
“I’m not the best when it comes to strategy, but I’m thinking… I’m going to win here. Eventually. You can’t run without me getting control over my people and sending them after you, you can’t use them to attack me, and if you stay, I can try doing this.”
Her arm jerked involuntarily.
“Remember me practicing my power on you when it was new?”
I’m honestly kinda surprised I didn’t make that same mistake.
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