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"I’ you to understand e have to do it, to acknowledge howyou to not think about --"

"You’re asking for the ied forward, and a second later, ainst the wall and his mouth was on mine The kissholy alien babies, the kiss was a raw combination of lust and possession There was a taste of desperation and anger as our teeth clanged, but the hand against entle, barely there, and all those eer than anything else

As his mouth moved over mine and the deep sound froh my skull, I didn’t feel the cold press of the da at my insides the moment Lotho stated his condition

Dae a claim, but he already had

When he lifted his head, his breath ar to let this happen I also can’t pro to walk back in that rooht We need them" Those three words sounded painful for him to say "All I can pro ainst his What ere about to do--because it wasn’t just going to be about what I was feeling or thinking, but both of us--wasn’t going to be easy Out of everything that we’d been through, I kneas the hardest, and possibly the truest, test either of us had ever faced

Nerves were going to get the best of --God, I didn’t want to even think about it--and the way Daee chareed to Lotho’s condition, I felt like I was seconds fro out

But Daemon had one of his own conditions--he demanded to be with us Lotho had shtly at that Instead of refusing him, he practically rolled out the red carpet

Archer was outside, still in the main chamber, and while I knew he could handle hi him out like he was an appetizer

Dae furiously straight ahead Heart sinking, I followed his gaze to the massive bed covered hat looked like pelts of ani "The son of a bitch just had to do this in his bedroo to think this whole thing was just to mess with our heads There were plenty of places Lotho could do his thing I shuddered, now unsure if I was going to be able to go through with it

But I had to

We both had to go through with it

Bile was sitting at the base ofmy arms out, I closedin my muscles

I can do this I can do this I can do this