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Head spinning, he floated, feeling as weightless as when she’d possessed him

With a tender kiss, she released him Her face was flushed, her eyes lustrous "Dessert was heavenly"

"Co her into his lap, squeezing her too tightly He rested his forehead against hers, catching his breath He barely recognized his voice as he said, "Is it tiht, Jo drealed with Rune’s; yet now she found herself in a dank cell, beaten and bloodied after a session with Magh and her torturers

This had happened to Rune, was another of hisof his cell Anything that bitch wanted of hi hiht he would break

Now she was breaking his body over and over in this putrid hell

She’d just finished with hi up the whip she favored "I won’t rest until you beg for uards upon hied end of his feh his skin Two ribs breached his flesh as well His hands were bound behind his back, so he couldn’t use runes to heal himself "Shouldn’t a lohore be beneath a queen’s notice?" he bit out, spitting black blood in her direction "But I nohy you visit rovel, you could shake your desire forothers"

Rage flashed in her eyes "To to bring out the pincers"

For hours after she and the guards had gone, Rune stared at the ceiling in agony, ive me the power to destroy that bitch, and the entire royal house--"

"And what if we did?" a grating voice interrupted

Rune jerked his head around to find a stranger in the shadows The male’s face was indistinct, but his eyes were dark, like bottoainst the wall, choking back his pain "Are you onea male crossed to stand outside the cell, far closer thanthe nu the nu to me? You must not knoho I am"

This Orion merely stared, his expression unreadable

"I’m Rune I’ve been a whore for centuries" He nodded down at his body "Presently, I’ boy"

"I’ve come to this place for you," Orion said "Noer the question, archer"

Archer? "If you gave me the power to destroy her and all her line?"

"Would your resolve never falter?"

This being had no idea! Gritting his fangs, Rune fought to stand Though one of his legs was shattered, he ed to rise on the other "Never"