p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 17.28px; font-family: 'New Times Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #000033; background-color: #ffffcc;"Rowena strode into the throne room as if she owned it. Demons quickly scurried out of her way leaving a clear path to the throne where the king of hell was holding court. "Fergus! We need to talk!"/p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 17.28px; font-family: 'New Times Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #000033; background-color: #ffffcc;""Not necessarily." Gabriel replied. "The moose we told you about? As a baby a demon fed him his blood; killed his mother and destroyed his family. The kid was meant to be the vessel of the Devil himself. Moose has one of the purest souls I've ever seen; so does Hope. As long as we can keep her out of the hands of those that would actively work to twist it; she won't be any more of a danger to the world than any other child. She'll just have extra abilities."/p