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Missing scene from N is for Narcissist
"That almost hurt." Shagon got up, Caleb quickly drew his sword. "Well, the little rebel leader that's smitten with the earth guardian . . . must be my lucky day."
"You mean your worse day." Caleb corrected. "What did you do to Matt?"
"Me? Not much . . . just locked him away, since he refused to serve my Mistress." Shagon smirked under the mask. He loved messing with others' minds. "Quite a different fate than I'd give any of the guardians . . . particularly Will and your dear Cornelia." Almost, but not quite, Shagon was disappointed to note. All he was getting from the Rebel leader was anger. He calmly used the forearms guards to block the sword. "I'll kill them . . . you can watch." Barely even a trickle of hate, but it would have to do.
'Damnit, just leave him alone!' Matt shouted from inside. 'Stop doing this!'
'Shut up.' Shagon blasted Matt back in his mind, while in real life he blasted Caleb into a pillar. "By the way, it's a pity you didn't finish training him . . . he put up a very good fight." Shagon then took to the air, joining the fight outside. Caleb struggled up.
"Will's not going to like hearing about this . . ."