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"I don’t understand," he said "Why?"

"Because we need to separate Magnus from Lilith"

"But hoill this help?"

"I will need either Corrine or Ibrahim to come down to help me I can’t say exactly hoe’ll pull it off now We need to see what they are doing once we go down again But the plan is to replace one"

"Wouldn’t it nus and the two of us went down together?"

My voice caught in erous"

"All the nus instead of you"

I realized that Kiev’s suggestion made sense on another level I knew the nus, more than I could possibly explain in the time we had available It nus, while I attempted to persuade hiree to Kiev’s proposal The thought of leaving hioing down there withouton"

"Okay," I sighed "You take this potion instead of ether"

I still felt conflicted even as I poured the potion into a cup and handed it to hi, he said, "Next?"

I walked over to the hair on the tabletop and picked it up

"Open your mouth," I said

He did as I had requested, but before I placed the hair on his tongue, I kissed hi this together," he replied, returning my kiss with passion It see to offer me Not that there was much more he could say

I dreay and placed the hair on his tongue

"Just keep it there," I said "Don’t s it"