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"I can’t get you out ofup er and concern "I’m worried about you One minute I want to shake you, the next I want tohold you"

He wants to hold me?

"Welcome to a non-relationship," Gideon said as he entered the kitchen The keeper of Lies "Please tell me you drank all the--"

Baden pointed to the hall

"So cool" The warrior with blue hair and s backed out of view

"You’ve disconnected from life," Baden continued "I understand why, but now you need a reason to connect again"

She turned away froht She had disconnected, and this wasn’t the first time

After her mom died, she’d disconnected froirl who loved to laugh had soon becoirl who focused on her ith her father Then she’d lost her father, then Peter--new reasons to throw herself into her work Then she’d lost her workher pets Her only source of unconditional love

Katarina slalass shattered, liquid spilling everywhere She rushed from the kitchen and into the safety of Baden’s room, where she climbed into bed and buried herself under the covers

A few seconds later, Baden stretched out beside her Because he wanted to hold her?

He coasp--tremble Purposeful contact? "I knoords can’tcan, but I aed her throat Wasn’t the blame partly hers? She could have told Baden the truth their first night together Maybe he would have helped her rescue the dogs,fear to lead her

"I knohat you’re doing," she croaked What was he doing? "Stop"

He continued cooodbye to someone you love There were more of us created, you know More iuard Zeus Before the box, we lost eight brothers and six sisters during battle, and I still bear the scars" He expelled a forced breath "After I died, hts free of the demon for the first tihly I was separated from the ones who still lived I hated every second"