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That is the truth I’m sorry

Dead Micah was dead And he’d been kil ed so cruel y, thinking she loathed hih she had never truly loved Micah, she found that she ht for what he’d believed in

"Have you nothing more to say, dead Haidee, before I kil this warrior, too? And I wil , you knoil force you to watch--unless you give me what I seek No"

He would, too, which aze shot to A him yet? Please, please, please

A muscle jumped in Amun’s jaw, and several seconds ticked away No

That hesitation… He was lying And suddenly, even without touching hi from her, what he’d tried so hard to prevent, so desperate to find another way And she couldn’t believe she hadn’t thought of it before Re his demon completely wil kil him the same way it would kil you Won’t it?

His head whipped in her direction, his eyes giving the briefest flare before he refocused on Hate Haidee

You cannot do that Because there are only two possible outco yourself to hie him and die

I don’t care If I die, I’l come back

And I don’t want your hands on him

She didn’t want her hands on hihtered her fa to give you what you want," she said to Hate

Haidee, Amun warned

She continued anyway "For me to return your demon to you, you’l have to let me touch you And as you know, I can’t touch you without hurting you That tiny piece of the deht, so it stands to reason it’l hurt going back into you So don’t fight ive hi to take it Al of it

Nowhile passed in silence, Hate rigid as he pondered whether or not to trust her Final y, perhaps realizing he could not have what he wanted any other way, he nodded "I wil let you touch me"