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He watched her go before turning back to his desk and his piles of work. He felt like he was getting a bit ambitious with his goals, but he recognized necessity which might be the only mistress he truly served. Necessity drove him, the necessity to survive mostly, but also the need to defeat his...

He gently redirected her chin and kissed her on the lips. "As much as I hate to admit it, I think we've rested enough. It's time to get back to work, the sun only marks the start of a new day and there is still much to do before then." He leans back in his chair with a sigh and takes his arms...

(Sorry for the delay, unreliable reception and couldn't really think of anything to say.) Christian nodded in agreement and strong arms were wrapped around her shoulders and waist. He sighed slightly as he took in the scent of her hair. "Seems we've lots of work to do. How much of it can you do...

He nodded as he absently played with her collar. "Hmmm... Like an assembly line, I like that idea. Perhaps you could teach them to create something smaller than your centipedes, something that requires less effort but produces an effective undead fighter under our command. I doubt that there...

"Hmmmm..." It was an interesting idea, a single necromancer can make an army, many necromancers can create a horde. He looked down at her leaned against his bare chest. "Once the Soul Bound are complete and brining in such students won't create a security risk... Creating undead in crisis is...

He nodded and went back to his work. It was a matter of funding and delegating labor, hiring the appropriate skilled craftsmen and drawing up proper blueprints to build what he desired to his exact specifications. Up to this point he had personally redesigned the keep and it's defensive walls...

"Good, keep me appraised and let me know if you need anything. Our village is beginning to flourish but we should also be prepared for every eventuality. The living guards are proving adequate for now in dealing with keeping the peace and handling bandits and most monster attacks. They think I'm...

He nodded, "I see. Go ahead and bother me with nothing, I want to know the theories and how they turn out, details like this are useful science for our goals." He scribbled down some notes. "When I was with the family I watched them train the orphans, I learned the process of destroying the soul...

When they were finished the sun had gone down. Bruce belted on his trousers and put on his shirt without buttoning it. He sat down at his desk and sorted through some of his papers, the various documents of statecraft and politics that he now found as his new battlefield. "Get up and get...

He was thoughtful for a moment considering his options. There were a few different approaches to this topic but he quickly decided on one. "Hmmmm... Yes. Collect a few different samples of vampires at their various stages." He knew a lot about vampires already, being one of the few assassins on...

"Good girl... My good little Keia... The Family cannot touch you, they cannot make you betray me. When we've finished, The Family will draw its dying breath, but for now we make this a bastion, an impregnable fortress where nothing living, dead or otherwise can come or go without my consent." He...

He closed his eyes and sighed into her ear, "So I am your only purpose. And when you find one of your own, what then? Any goal you might find is now out of your reach because of me." He brought a hand up to cup her face, caressing her cheek with his thumb while he kissed her neck, allowing...

He smirked, "Neither. Although indulging in my own selfishness had crossed my mind... Would that be punishment or reward for you?" He leaned down and locked her lips in a deep kiss, one hand held her by the back of the neck to keep her close, the other hand slid up the inside of her thigh. In...

"Even selflessness is selfish because a reward is the result of selfless actions, whether that reward be physical or an internal sense of satisfaction from doing a good deed. There is a return for selfless acts." He put one arm around her shoulder and held her close to himself, his other hand on...