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My heart ached and more tears filled , unsettled at hearing hion

“Whatwill barter withatI could latch on to

“Because you are everything he ant Fierce and determined and smart, as well as incredibly beautiful Furtherical races and de them He will make a trophy of you”

“Fantastic, yeah That sounds a What an incredible future you have chosen for me, Nyfain”

“That isn’t your future, Finley That is your et out, you will endure unwelcoe, and you will escape and find freedom It is within your power That is the only way you can stay alive Above all else, you must stay alive”

“Why does it matter to you so much?”

His eyes grew hard He stared at me with a set jaw “Because I will not see another prickly rose torn out by the roots This time, I will not take the easy road while the people I care about suffer and turn to dust This time, if there is to be a funeral, it will be ive you the chance at a better life I couldn’t save oddess looks down on me, I will save you”

Sixteen

The next , I finished the notes about the book for Nyfain After the speech hefroet as et blowjobs every day His words had been beautiful and heart-wrenching and confusing, and his devotion had rung through the bond loud and clear He honestly thought that the only way I would have a chance at happiness was to signwith the hopes of escape It sounded ludicrous The whole thing would obviously blow up in his face, but we’d cross that bridge e ca to brave his terribleshit out of him

Letter in hand and new trousers and blouse hugging my curves, I trekked down to the library On the way, staff s They turned toJessab, the cook, stood at the bottom of the stairs and shook his fist with a smile

“Thatta girl, eh? Give ’e to ’em”

“What in the goddess’s bustier are you lot doing?” Hadriel said to the loitering staff as he walked up, wearing a jacket covered in sequined flowers and a newly triht pink velvet slippers didn’t match any part of the hideous jacket “Don’t you have work to do? Leave Miss Finley alone”

“Oh, look who’s a bighis stomach “Go fall out a hy don’t ya”

“Hilarious, you backwater dish jockey” Hadriel glared at him “Go suck a wheel spoke”