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Secrets e of information, a child at Christmas

And stil so many questions reh Lord? How had Hate’s host not died? How had Haidee never known Hate was inside her? How had she not knohat the de? Amun always knew So did his friends How had she not known Hate was the cause of her reanimation and memory loss? Or was Themis the one responsible?

How had the demon stayed with her even after she died, when Baden’s demon had been freed after his death?

When Aeron’s had been freed after his death?

More answers flowed… That sh to influence but too weak to do anythingwas there or what he felt His wants and needs had siht her back to life al those ti frooddess, she’d never been ful y human So, like the souls who reanimated in hel , she never real y died Only difference was, her corporal form could walk the earth, as wel as hel

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As she’d done for Hate, Haidee had taken the deh, but every part of theer, however, tethered to Aodly bonds, while the others hadn’t been

Stil , she could have taken Secrets, but she hadn’t She’d been careful, even though she hadn’t realized as happening to her or to Amun

Were the new demons forever a part of her now?

No No! He couldn’t al ow that He kne evil those beings were, how disgusting their thoughts, and he would not leave Haidee to suffer like that But what could he do?

He waited for Secrets to tel hi The demon was stil lost inside those me, her tears burning his chest as they streaked down his skin He reasoned out the rest on his own She’d been a little girl when Hate first attacked her, and she’d probably clung to the dark piece of the de the emotion to survive the terrible deaths she’d witnessed her parents and sister suffering

Hate was as much a part of her as Secrets was to him, but these other demons were new and hadn’t had time to bond with her yet He hoped They wouldn’t want to bond with her, either, and would fight the connection After al , Themis had ensured Haidee was a demon executioner That meant Haidee had the power to defeat the darkness inside her, even if she didn’t realize it, and the bastards had to sense that

No wonder they’d been so afraid of her, of her pul and her cold

Guilt fil ed A every other ee, he realized he alone was responsible for her current torment She had saved him, and he had harht I need you to listen to , but fight past the pain and listen to me Can you do that?

A pause, another whimy mind?