“I’ll always come back to you, Blue,” he promised, taking away the fear in my heart. “The dark is deep,” Stella panted, sitting back on her heels in exhaustion over that spell. “But I can keep it at bay. At least for a while.” I sat up, letting Orion sit too as we gazed out at his mother who had offered us this help, though it did nothing to change my feelings towards her. One good deed didn’t erase countless bad ones. “If you’re waiting for a thank you, you will only get one from me,” I said as Stella peered in at us like a stray cat in need of food. “Thank you for bringing this man into the
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