S anguinisui,” said Damien, the word hateful on his tongue, “forget you ever loved me.” Amma’s eyes went glassy, her body hitching. “No, I—” “Sanguinisui, remember, instead, the monster that abducted you, the blood mage who was cruel and vicious and deserving of your retribution for the Abyss you suffered at my hand.” She convulsed on his lap, arms trembling in the hold he had on both of her wrists. The magic of the talisman was stronger now with E’nloc behind it, though he knew it was only because he used it for further destruction. “Sanguinisui, believe I enthralled you, coerced you, abused
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