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"Why for me?"

"We couldn’t communicate, so I feared you were injured" I sed "Ordrowned You earing ar to you When I thought I’d lost both you and Jack, I nearly lost my mind" The love of my life and my soul mate

Aric looked like he wanted to believe me, but didn’t quite Because Arcana lied "Leave , I stayed Even if our relationship had been broken by my choice, we still had an ene on?" Papers and books were strewn everywhere "What happened to the Lovers’ chronicles? Is there anything about the E the lass, then slammed it down on his desk "I’ve been too preoccupied to translate--because I’ve been living in the goddaht I parted rand her seeds of discord Perhaps I should be on ainst you once h! "You knoould never hurt you I had the chance to inject poison into your neck, but I didn’t I could have killed you with my kiss, but instead I n of trouble with s like that? To punish me for my choice? That shouldn’t have undone the trust we established"

Staring into his e you"

As if he hadn’t done that enough in this life? "Then you should break out your favorite torture tool: the cilice" I’d never forget the pain of that barbed cuff and the frustration of having no powers Then cutting the thing off"I’ll bet it still has pieces ofresentment in his eyes "Perhaps I’ve made a choice to be cruel to you If you don’t like it, you should stay away froo Over my shoulder, I said, "Go to hell, Aric"

"Already here, wife"

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I lay in bed replaying my entire weird day, but especiallyhis study, I’d curled up under the covers, hating that he was in pain I hated that we’d fought

Most women and men who shared a romantic history had difficulties to contend with Soly breakup Possibly lies Maybe a betrayal

He and I had millennia of bad blood--and e over Jack’s death, I didn’t see how Aric and I could overcome so much to mend the connection we’d once shared

Or that we even should The gaet him killed as well?

Uneasy and alone, I finally drifted off to sleepinto a dream so vivid, I kneas a memory from a previous life I was the Empress known as Phyta

"Are you certain the Eician asks Fauna

The two Arcana are arden Fauna believes she has nothing to fear froard thehts

He whips his head around at a noise "What was that?" His eyes dart