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"Please" I clasped Dae hi riding on this "We have to do this"

Dae moments passed before he spoke in a voice that ripped up my insides He only said one word "Go"

I let out the breath I didn’t realize I was holding and then took another I didn’t need I tried to step back, but his grip was fierce I gently grasped his aro

He did, and by the way the heat flared off him, it looked like it killed hi with tears I couldn’t let fall, I turned around and stepped toward Lotho

I had to do this

There would be pain--lots of it There would be revulsion--a ton of that As I forced ht reflected off the walls Dae in a shaky breath, I sat on the bed,so badly I couldn’t feel the tips of

Lotho reached out, and I had to force myself to sit still as he placed his hand on ers were so bitterly cold, and I flinched as he sat up, pressing his other hand into the bed next to my hip He leaned in, and his hand slipped down h aze was fixed on where Daerin

I’h my consciousness I can’t allow this

My body locked up as I prepared for a whole lot of bad to go down, and then it did Dae happened so fast

I was pulled off the bed, throay fro over Lotho Horror set in as I realized it was Lotho holding hi hi my hair acrosstoward hiainst the wall, and he was held there, several feet off the floor, as Lotho stood at the foot of the bed

I couldn’t let this happen to Daemon, but we couldn’t walk out of here without Lotho’s help

"Stop!" I shouted, rushing forithout really thinking that one through

"Please! Just do it now"

Lotho glanced at rin appeared I squared my shoulders

But he didn’t Lothohe flopped onto his back and let out a loud cackle of laughter as he pulled his knees up and planted his booted feet on the bed The force pinning Daeainst the wall eased off and he landed on the floor