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Dragons were evil betrayers LIE

Male es LIE

There was only one way to do ic LIE

Tori’s entire life, his entire existence and sense of self-worth, was built upon a pile of falsehoods believed and spread by his clan And he was done with it He was done valuing himself and his skills based on a bunch of lies

He was free of the Taavi Free of the past He didn’t knohere that left him now, or even what that made him, which was more than a little scary, but he was at least free

A large, war line, the touch cos To turn into Baldewin and take comfort from the man He didn’t Mostly because he was too embarrassed to admit he wanted that co Baldewin into an aard position

“I trust yourstop “I’ve trusted it since the day we met Please don’t believe the lies you were told”

“I trust your ic, too,” Warin said firmly fro et home She’ll tell you that it’s insane”

“Telling Lisette is a good idea,” Baldewin agreed “She’ll want to know about this”

Tori dared to straighten up, although he hated to do so, as he didn’t want to disturb that hand He liked Baldewin touching him A little too much, to tell the truth It was partially that which et into the habit of depending on that kindness Baldewin’s job was to find hi him to the castle Tori didn’t knohat that meant for them once they reached their destination Would Baldewin consider his job done and not see hion if he was only going to walk away

Baldewin didn’t remove his hand immediately like Tori suspected he would Instead, the hand traveled up to his shoulder to give a waresture filled hiles

Tori said soht he’d utter in his life But it felt both right to say it and incredibly liberating “I’ll do everything in uard both of you”