Alchemised
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“Don’t. You. Dare.”
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She glared at him until he was satisfied that she had no poison hidden anywhere and left again with a slam of the door.
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“You’re a monster.” He raised an eyebrow. “Noticed that, have you?”
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“You know,” Ferron said, jolting her from her thoughts, “when I heard it was you I’d be getting, I was looking forward to breaking you.” He shook his head. “But I don’t think it’s possible to exceed what you’ve done to yourself.”
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“I’ll tell you if you swallow it like a good girl.”
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“Who are you?” she slurred through her teeth. Myriad emotions flashed across his face. He opened his mouth, then shut it firmly.
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“You’re full of surprises.” “Do you say that to every girl?” The words popped out thoughtlessly.
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“It’s impressive how determined you are to be difficult.”
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“I will die before I lose her,”
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“The Undying. You’re his source of power, and the Resistance—we figured that out, didn’t we? How to kill him. How to kill all of you.”
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She tried not to notice. When she couldn’t help it, she tried not to care.
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“She’ll never be yours.”
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“Ferron always comes for me,” she whispered.
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Ferron will come. Ferron will come.
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He tilted her face up towards his, and his expression grew horrified. He touched her cheek and held her face as he drew several deep breaths.
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“Look at me. I need you to stay calm and tell me how to fix this. You know how to do it.”
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“What else do I need to do? How do I fix it?”
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“Good, we’re getting somewhere, then. Now what?” He wanted to do more?
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Ferron said to the servants, all of whom had been frozen in place, inanimate while Ferron’s full attention was on Helena.
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If you ever go near her again, or speak to her, or so much as set foot in this wing again, I will kill you, and I will do it slowly, perhaps over the course of an evening or two. That isn’t a threat. It’s a promise. Now get out of my sight.”
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“It’s not tonight,” he said abruptly. “I’m told”—he was still not looking at her—“you won’t be fertile for three more days.”
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She had been imprisoned and violated in almost every way imaginable, and now he would inflict this final atrocity upon her, but he was worried about her eyesight.
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She didn’t stop until she was hollow, as though she’d sobbed out everything inside her and now the only thing left was a shell. She was so tired of existing.
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“Close your eyes,” he said.
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“Breathe,” he said near her left ear.
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It was beautiful, and it felt like a betrayal.
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“Breathe,”
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“Helena,” he said softly.
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His expression was one of utter despair, but as he stared at her, a look of starvation filled his eyes.
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“If I’d known what pain you’d cause me, I never would have taken you.”
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The moment their lips touched, he crushed her body against his.
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He wasn’t kind; he simply wasn’t cruel.
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“Don’t—don’t.”
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“I would rather spend the rest of my life being raped in Central than spend a minute of it having feelings for you.”
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“Let me be very clear, then. I don’t want you. I never wanted you. I am not your friend. There is nothing I want more than the moment I’m finally done with you.”
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“Breathe.”
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“Come on. You have to breathe.”
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“Keep breathing, that’s all you have to do. You breathe,”
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“I don’t trust you to be conscious right now,”
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“Nothing will happen to it. You have my word. Calm down.”
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“Stay…please…stay.”
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“He wants you, Marino,” Crowther said. “Both now and after the war.”
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“Ferron was quite specific that you have to be willing.”
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“Promise?” he asked.
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“I swear it, on the spirits of the five gods and my own soul, Kaine Ferron, I’m yours as long as I live.”
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“Do you say that to every girl?”
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“A symbol of our relationship,” Ferron said, and when she looked up sharply, he raised his right hand to indicate a matching band on his index finger.
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“You don’t ever summon me. You burn me, ever, and this deal is off. I’m not a fucking dog. If you want me, you can come here and wait or leave a note, and I’ll get around to it when I have time.”
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“You don’t even want me. Why did you ask for me?”
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“You think you’re better than us because you’re immortal, but you’re dead inside already.”
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