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“Don’t worry, Gio Grey will help you forget about all of this,” Lucien said softly when they were coain

“Maybe I don’t want to forget,” Gio replied sharply “Ion, but it feels even more important now than ever that I re us, and no one knows about it Everyone should know Everyone should be helping you and cheering you on” Gio shook his head, his lips brushing against Calder’s bare shoulder “I need to know this Even if you’re both notabout it, I need to know if you’re alive or dead”

Calder didn’t knohat to say Maybe there wasn’t anything to say Part of him wanted Gio to knoho he was and who Lucien was and what the Weavers were fighting for But another part merely wanted Gio to be safe He didn’t kno to keep Gio safe while allowing him to know about the Weavers and the pestilents

Whatever the rest of the Circle chose, Calder was afraid this would be the last time he’d feel both Lucien’s and Gio’s arms wrapped around him, and that idea sent an ache down to the very deepest depths of his soul

Chapter Twelve

Gio stood in the center of the attic, his hand absently caressing the ood top of an antique sideboard For the first ti antiques in front of hinificant

Weavers

Pestilents

Goddesses

Brainwashed Girl Scouts with uns

It all felt like too much Part of him wanted to run for the nearest exit and pretend he’d never heard of any of it

Forget

But Grey was offering to do just that The Soul Weaver would wipe away any e of the Weavers and the pestilents

That would alsoabout it left hi like someone kicked him in the chest He couldn’t breathe, and his heart ached with every beat He couldn’t forget about them He wouldn’t