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Galen, even then? Or the ht her to blaht never know, and real y, just then, he didn’t care No one’s actions had been as despicable as his own

He didn’t deserve the woh cavern after cavern sier she now found herself in He ht be the cause of her next death

A death she feared with every ounce of her being Terror had fil ed those pearl-gray eyes when she’d spoken of her rebirths Terror and residual pain, as if even speaking of the events had lanced her with an agony few in the world could even understand She deserved peace and happiness, a fa she’d ever loved had been taken froed with hers, he’d sensed thousands of hidden ht had been wiped They were buried deep, secrets even from herself His demon had reacted rapturously and noed her head as the Holy Grail Secrets wanted back inside A little body

But he wouldn’t touch her again, wouldn’t deepen the already sizzling awareness between theht, but he didn’t al ow himself to back away froain because he was going to give her back to Micah

Ahtened around the blade hilts he held in both hands, and red dots flickered through his vision

Haidee wouldn’t co with Micah, a Hunter She wouldn’tin guilt she shouldn’t feel

She wouldn’t lose the life she’d ed to build for herself

With A herself to a Lord had to top her list of Things Never To Do She wouldin guilt, berating herself for choosing the very evil she’d fought against for so long And she would lose the life she’d built No way she could be with him and not cut ties with his enemy

She hts because she sighed, her cool breath wafting down his back He’d re over his flesh If Haidee hadn’t been with hi hiht have actual y burst into flames

"Can we talk now?" she said "About what happened?"

A she wanted Except that If he told her of his guilt, his regret, she would do everything in her power to ease hiuilt, because she would be acting against her nature The woe as stubbornly as his friends Except with Aive Him, she wanted to absolve Him, she wanted to…love He’d sensed the need inside her

Because of the blood bond they shared?

"Amun?"