{"id":2066,"date":"2026-01-03T22:09:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/dresden-08-proven-guilty-butcher-jim\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T22:09:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:09:03","slug":"dresden-08-proven-guilty-butcher-jim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/dresden-08-proven-guilty-butcher-jim\/","title":{"rendered":"Dresden 08 – Proven Guilty – Butcher, Jim"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0Blood leaves no stain on a Warden\u2019s grey cloak. I didn\u2019t know that until the day I watched Morgan, second in command of the White Council\u2019s Wardens, lift his sword over the kneeling form of a young man guilty of the practice of black magic. The boy, sixteen years old at the most, screamed and ranted in Korean underneath his black hood, his mouth spilling hatred and rage, convinced by his youth and power of his own immortality. He never knew it when the blade came down. <\/p>\n

\u00a0Which I guess was a small mercy. Microscopic, really. <\/p>\n

\u00a0His blood flew in a scarlet arc. I wasn\u2019t ten feet away. I felt hot droplets strike one cheek, and more blood covered the left side of the cloak in blotches of angry red. The head fell to the ground, and I saw the cloth over it moving, as if the boy\u2019s mouth were still screaming imprecations. <\/p>\n

\u00a0The body fell onto its side. One calf muscle twitched spasmodically and then stopped. After maybe five seconds, the head did too. <\/p>\n

\u00a0Morgan stood over the still form for a moment, the bright silver sword of the White Council of Wizards\u2019<\/p>\n

justice in his hands. Besides him and me, there were a dozen Wardens present, and two members of the Senior Council\u2014the Merlin and my one-time mentor, Ebenezar McCoy. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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