“I want to coax your Gift, but I’ll need your cooperation. Have you ever seer-bonded?” She tried to back away. “No! I’d be less vulnerable if I stood before you naked.” Silhara’s eyebrows rose. He halted her, hand resting on her waist in a light, warning clasp. Visions of her bared back and his dark hands against her paler skin played in his mind. “If you’re suggesting both, I’m more than agreeable.” She blushed. A faint smile lifted the corners of her mouth despite her protests. He understood her reticence. Seer-bonding was invasive, a lesser form of what the lich had done to her and what her
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