A rare, impulsive thought bubbled up - to tackle James right then and there, putting his hands around the man's windpipe, to see how it would look, to squeeze the life out of him to feel the authority pulse under him again.
Then he shook his head.
No. Not like that.]
I know. But you are aware with this end, that you are opening yourself up to your own destruction?
[Either death by the hand of one of his men, or some less kindly members of the Yard taking James' silence on their game as his being an accessory after the fact. Or... or... the beast in him coils and hiss like the humans they love, the Beast could not stand the thought of perishing before it could fulfill it's purpose in life.
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A rare, impulsive thought bubbled up - to tackle James right then and there, putting his hands around the man's windpipe, to see how it would look, to squeeze the life out of him to feel the authority pulse under him again.
Then he shook his head.
No. Not like that.]
I know. But you are aware with this end, that you are opening yourself up to your own destruction?
[Either death by the hand of one of his men, or some less kindly members of the Yard taking James' silence on their game as his being an accessory after the fact. Or... or... the beast in him coils and hiss like the humans they love, the Beast could not stand the thought of perishing before it could fulfill it's purpose in life.
It can't end here, it will end but not quietly]