>To quote something from one of my favorite books:
>
>"Harry, I'm not sure if you noticed this. But things did not turn
>out well for the last monster who raised his hand against your child.
>Or any of his friends. Or associates. Or anyone who worked for him.
>Or for most of the people he knew. Whether or not that was your
>intention, you did establish a rather effective precedental message to
>the various predators, should they ever learn of her relationship to
>you."
>
>- Michael Carpenter to Harry Dresden, Skin Game
>
>
>I can totally see the Duelists going full-on Chichén Itzá on the
>Black Rose to get Annabelle and Garnet back.

for those lacking context, the vampire chief (from whom 99.999999% of the other vampires of the type were "descended") tried to use the girl in question in a magic ritual to destroy Harry and all his living relatives. In the end, 99.999999% + 1 of the vampires of that type were destroyed when the ritual sacrifice was swapped out.

-Z

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