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I let my eyes widen and my jaw drop, as if she'd caught me in time.<br />

"You... you man!" she hisses, stalking over in a fury, "How dare you <strong>do</strong>se me!<br />

How dare you leave me <strong>be</strong>hind like a sack <strong>of</strong> unwanted grain!"<br />

"Deionarra..."<br />

"I know what I saw in my visions, my love," a fire is in her now, and she stabs<br />

me with the words. It takes some effort <strong>to</strong> <strong>not</strong> furrow my eyebrows in<br />

frustration... I'll have <strong>to</strong> break this newfound willfulness from her later, "I<br />

saw myself guiding you <strong>to</strong> your mortality. I saw myself at your side when you<br />

died, if you ever die. If your vic<strong>to</strong>ry is ever <strong>to</strong> come <strong>to</strong> pass, you will need<br />

me."<br />

My arms wrap around her then, and for a moment Deionarra stiffens. "I had<br />

lingered <strong>to</strong>o long. I had clung <strong>to</strong> the hope that you'd wake and that you<br />

would <strong>be</strong> at my side after all. I had- I had ached thinking I'd lost you forever."<br />

The anger melts from her then, and soon she is the meek, demure girl I'd<br />

always known, "You will always have me, my love..."<br />

I sigh, contented, and she takes the cue <strong>to</strong> return the embrace. It is fortunate<br />

that her gift is so limited. If things go according <strong>to</strong> plan, she would never<br />

predict the dagger I would place in her breast. She will see much more clearly<br />

once the bonds <strong>of</strong> mortality have <strong>be</strong>en broken.<br />

Her kisses are hot with passion, and I return the favor knowing that very<br />

soon, I would no longer have <strong>to</strong> put up with her wailing…<br />

By the time Grace pulled away, I was already screaming.<br />

~~~~~<br />

"Iannis," there was always a rumble when I spoke, but <strong>to</strong>day my voice came<br />

out in a dry croak, "I discovered what happened <strong>to</strong> Deionarra."<br />

Iannis didn't seem <strong>to</strong> have heard me for a moment. When he spoke again,<br />

his words came slowly. "Tell me. I must know."<br />

"I am responsible for your daughter's <strong>death</strong>. I murdered her long ago."<br />

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