After a while, I gave up trying to sleep, and went downstairs to find my secret candy stash which I never raid unless I’m having a really bad day. In case you’re wondering, I have a lot of really bad days. I turned on the lights in the kitchen just in time to see Mr. Clerk laying a note on my table. He froze in place, startled to be caught skulking in the dark, and then handed me the note as if that had been his intention all along. “I want you to know that my feelings for William will no longer affect my work.” He straightened his glasses. “I’ve even delivered this message to you first.” “Well, isn’t that special,” I said. I glanced at the note. The assignment was to begin in about eight hours. It took place at the Militia’s public training session, the one that had been advertised on their website. I stopped Mr. Clerk before he could leave. I had to at least try talking sense into him. “William doesn’t love you.” Mr. Clerk’s shoulders stiffened. “No one in Hell loves anyone else, Lilith,”
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