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"You’re hurting ?" Naito deht on his heels

Aren nods toward the cell phone, but his eyes remain locked on me I want to shrivel up and disappear This is the expression he hen he tortured To to me? What if he demands I tell hiive in?

"Aren, please"

"She called nine-one-one," Naito says, scrolling through the calls on the phone "And another nuress with you" Aren closes his eyes and lowers his head I feel hi inside hi ry

"Aren," I try one last time

Cold silver eyes ht now He’s so the Butcher of Brykeld

"This ends now," Sethan says fro her to Lorn"

ASethan’s pronouncement That’s what it sounds like, a foro to Lorn" Naito drops the cell phone and then slams his heel into it "We can make her talk"

"She’ll lie," Aren says He pushes ain He walks to the sink and turns off the water "I won’t risk her sending us into a trap"

Naito’s jaw clenches "Lorn won’t help without so in return"

Kelia rests her hand on his ar with you"

"Naito--"

He pins her with a glare "You’re not going without ain

THIRTEEN

ICE FISTS AROUND e fros and waver unbalanced while I adjust to the Realm’s atmosphere