"It would be better for you if you watched your pride, Sam. It was always my brother's besetting sin. You've heard the stories."
Michael braces her hands, leaning back.
"And no one man ever won a war. No one woman, either. Even two -- well. Two might be enough. But even the best of demons -- if best is a word that may be applied to such creatures -- even they have their own agenda. And they'll never tell you what it is."
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"It would be better for you if you watched your pride, Sam. It was always my brother's besetting sin. You've heard the stories."
Michael braces her hands, leaning back.
"And no one man ever won a war. No one woman, either. Even two -- well. Two might be enough. But even the best of demons -- if best is a word that may be applied to such creatures -- even they have their own agenda. And they'll never tell you what it is."