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“I know you’re not so closed-”
I halted and turned back around “No, you’re exactly right That’s e should do But I’ve spent the last twenty years fighting those monsters, while that motherfucker fucked his whores inback Delacroix, and everyone else can be damned to eternal hell”
Her entire body was still, with the exception of her eyes They shifted back and forth between ht with disappointment “And what about me?” There was a bitterness to her voice, like ale that had sat out too long “A for my life?”
I hadn’t thought that far ahead
“And what about other people like me? Sacrificial lambs? This doom just continues indefinitely? You take Delacroix fro Rutherford, and then a decade later, someone does the same to you? The cycle just never ends?”
“I lost ain”
Now she gave a slight shake of her head, looking at me in a way she never had before She took her horse by the reins and walked around me “You’re no better than he is”
We slept together in the bedroll, but it wasn’t with the sahts She used me to stay warm, but she didn’t actually want me I could feel it in the way she touched me, the way she kept her hands to herself rather than on my body
After a long ride, the air beca made visibility poor, and I took rass beneath the hooves of the horses turned to harder soil, and soon ere on rock
“Where are we?” she called from behind me
“The coast” I tugged the reins, and we came to a walk as I approached the outpost Now that it was close enough, I could make out the details, the earthy structure that blended well into the landscape My fingers jaave a loud whistle
“Who are you whistling to?”
I dropped down from my horse and took her by the reins, and Ivory did the sa clearer as we
The gates opened
“I didn’t even see it…” Ivory came to my side, her cheeks freckled with drops of moisture
We guided our horses inside, and the doors closed behind us
It was instantly warm, the cold air restricted to the exterior Torches lit the walls, showing the stables
Grayson, the coreeted e tunic and breeches “You rasped ave it a squeeze “Any trouble out there?”
“No”
Grayson’s eyes shifted to Ivory next, and his stare lingered longer than it should She hadn’t showered in days and she didn’t look her best, but nothing could hide the fairness of her cheeks, the intelligent twinkle in her eyes “She’s not a Rune”