Thumb brushing her lips like a kiss, he promised, "In time, you will learn you need not fear me." Setting her free, Sovereign's enigmatic expression grew dark. "You will love me. It is inevitable."
These soldiers claim I am theirs, that I must submit. But I refuse.
For a century, I have run, fought, killed, and bled. I have left planets aflame. And always I have escaped the Brotherhood's hunt. I have escaped Sovereign.
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