‘Let’s get one thing clear. I am loyal to you and you alone, Fallon Bane. If you need my help, I offer it without question. If your heart breaks, my heart breaks too. If someone seeks to harm you, I will harm them no matter who they are or what title they carry. And if you go insane with darkness and become a Nightling, then I too go with you.’ I burst into sobs then, because it was the sweetest thing anyone had ever said to me, and it made me feel so safe. I wasn’t alone. He nestled into the covers beside me and lowered his head on my neck as I stroked his feathers. We lay like that for an
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