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On his way to the door, he was careful to wipe off the dagger and put it precisely, exactly, absolutely where it had been placed for his use
Outside, the cold cleaned his nose out of the copper scent of human blood And he made it down the stairs and around the van okay
But as he came to the spot where he had arrived at, he was overcorabbed on to the picket fence that encircled the backyard and vomited all over his shoes
When he next looked up, Blay was before him
"I don’t feel any better," Saxton moaned as he wiped his mouth with his handkerchief "I feel…no better"
"You will Later This is the balance that is needed"
As Saxton lurched to the side, the male steadied him and then offered him a sip of water fro His favorite
And then Blay was hugging hi You did as it was proper"
Saxton embraced the male "I just want Ruhn to--"
"He’s awake!" V called fro to call you He’s awake and he’s asking for you!"
As Saxton shifted his stunned eyes to Blay, the otherbringing back a loved one," he said "But there’s a first ti Go! Go now…hurry!"
--
As the one person in the world Ruhn wanted to see ht was…
Why was human blood all over the love of his life?
But then all of that was forgotten as Saxton rushed over and threw himself across Ruhn’s chest "You’re alive…oh, God…"
Ruhn tried to speak, except nothing but h, soon, he was able to respond "I…wasn’t going to leave…you"
Saxton pulled back and see on this side of the Fade "I thought I had lost you"
"I heard…you…Bitty and…you talking to me" Fates, his throat hurt "When you were here--did I die? I think I did"
As Saxton stayed quiet, Ruhn got scared "Did…I?"
"You’re here now That’s all that matters"
"Throat…hurts…"
"I know, love" Saxton’s eyes went all around as if he were looking for hidden injuries "You don’t have to talk--"
"The Fade The door To the Fade…I refused to open it…"
"What?" Saxton leaned down "What did you say?"
"I saw a door…in the fog…I knew if I opened it…I would leave you Many ti you I love…you"
"I love you, too"
Saxton’s tears fell like rain, but it was the spring kind The renewing kind And as eot even e and Mary