I will miss you all.

"Ho? How intriguing, you killed for these women and heard how they see you. Moreover, you took blows from me because of them. Yet you deny all that and say they are just your allies?" 

David seems to be misunderstanding several things all at once. I need to straighten him out. 

I would admit that Bella, Jo, Jas, Liv, Aki, and Robyn are special to me. But we were only allies, not lovers. Anyone who is willing to submit to me and follow me into death deserves my loyalty. Lilly is naturally not included in that, as I have only met her recently. 

"You are wrong about several things, David." 

"Is that so? Then elucidate it for me, John Smith. Why did you kill the ones who abandoned Liv Ivaldi, Aki Miroku, and Robyn Lithgow? Depending on your answer, the outcome will differ." 

Funny how even if this bastard almost murdered me numerous times, I felt no anger toward him. This man was both my peer and goal. There were six more like him around the world.