07/03/2026 19:42

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I touched his leg, gently, tentatively. If he'd been human, he might not have been able to do it, but he wasn't human, and he stood up and began to walk through the darkened house. I wanted Micah and Nathaniel, and right at that moment I didn't really want to see another vampire. Nathaniel took Owen by the arm and said, I'll look after Micah.

Of course, before that, my rule had been I did not do torture. It is your power that makes this partnership move, and that, too, uses energy. I blinked and tried to concentrate on what we needed to do. He looked like a shelled turtle, all that careful body armor ripped away, showing the red ruin of his upper body.