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"Ruhn…? Dear God, please don’t be dead…"

With hands that shook and arms that eak, he carefully rolled the ht He did not appear to be breathing

Saxton screamed into the empty house And then he cried out in further pain as he realized what Ruhn had been lying on

The dying male had pulled Saxton’s cashmere coat off the back of the chair it had been on…and had held it to hi comfort in the love they had shared

"Please don’t be dead…wake up…wake up…"

Soet his phone out and call…someone He didn’t knoho it was But all of a sudden, he was not alone He was surrounded by people…and so him back so that someone else could look at Ruhn--

Blay It was Blay’s ar in Ruhn’s blood

"I can’t hear anything," Saxton blurted "Is anybody saying anything?"

"Shh," ca at hi with my ears" He hit himself in the side of the head a couple of ti--"

Blay captured his hand and stilled him "We need to find out if there’s…"

"Is he dead?"

At that point, the floodgates threatened to open, but he had no time for the blindness that ca He sih his wretched sorrow

When he had to turn to the side to try to throw up, Blay held his head while he dry-heaved, and he could vaguely recognize the ain But God, he couldn’t think

And then Qhuinn was crouching down to hi and his mismatched stare was earnest, concerned, coain "I can’t hear what you’re saying…"

Qhuinn nodded and squeezed Saxton’s shoulder Then theover Ruhn

Chosen--a Chosen was here, Saxton realized

Wait, they wouldn’t have brought her if he was dead? Right?

"Someone talk to me!" Saxton shouted

Everybody froze and looked over at hi to another room

"No" Saxton shook his head "No, I’e’s face got right in front of his own "He has a pulse They’re going to feed hi you to the parlor and we’re going to let them do their job--"

"No! No, don’t make me leave hi on Ruhn"

Saxton blinked Put like that, the logic was enough to quiet hiave out and he caught hi hi him out to the parlor And as he fell down onto the sofa, he looked at his palms His knees His shirt

There was blood all over hilanced toward the door And heard himself say, "There’s a camera Mounted in the corner of the eaves"

The Brother Vishous stepped forward from God only knehere "Do you knohat it feeds into?"

Saxton cleared his throat and spoke in a hoarse voice "There’s…downstairs, there’s a laptop The password is Minnie It’s there"