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I was thinking, it might be fun if we just have all the villains in there instead of a shapeshifter! Then after they’re freed we can have a bit of interaction, just for the chaos of it all XD

Liorah

Aydin was obviously in three different stages of internal turmoil and there was nothing I could do to fix that. Or well, there was something.

“How can I help?” Niarok asked, quietly.

“Nothing you can do about it but I might have a solution,” I said, grimly.

I stepped up on the rubble, so I could just see over. Chantara was on the other end of the room, squirming and trying to reach her chains. She caught my gaze and glared at me, her aquamarine eyes sparking.

I made a hand gesture that could not be misinterpreted. Aydin gave a hiss of disapproval but I didn’t care how rude it was.

There were at least two more men next to her but I didn’t care about them.

I untied the leather strap beneath my belt and slipped my finger through the loop, then reached for a lead bullet. I just had to climb a little higher and then I had a clear shot. I could kill her within seconds, and then this problem would no longer be a problem.

Aydin literally picked me up and lifted me off the barricade.

“Put me down,” I hissed, readying myself to give him a solid kick for his interference.

He dropped me, promptly. He didn’t even pretend to be careful but just let me fall.

I caught myself in my fall and glared at him, but he glared straight back.

“What’s wrong with you?” we both said, at the same time.

“We just decided we can’t let that thing kill her so you try to do it yourself?” Aydin said, incredulously.

“It’s more efficient,” I hissed. “Why do you want to save her? She doesn’t deserve it!”

“Who are you to decide what she deserves?” Aydin retorted.

“Did you forget what she did?” I held out my hands, half in entreaty, half to remind him of the scars over my palms and wrists.

Aydin gestured with his right hand, as though to remind me in his turn.

“I won’t ever be able to forget,” he said, quietly. “That doesn’t change that it’s right.”

I humphed.

“Alright, then she’s your problem. If you want to save her, go ahead.”

Aydin’s expression shifted to anger.

“Stop leveraging the fact that I need you,” he hissed, quiet enough that nobody could hear.

Oh. He couldn’t save her, even if he wanted to. I bit my lip.

“I didn’t mean it that way,” I said, under my breath.

Aydin shrugged, indifferently, but I could tell I’d hurt him.

The new person was looking at Evie and Yila with sheeps-eyes. I kept an eye on them. If his attentions became unwanted and they needed to get out of the situation I would cover for them. I barely knew them but that didn’t matter. I would have done it for a stranger.

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Oh gosh, Liorah is uncontrollable XD When presented with the choice of “letting an enemy die or helping them” she chooses “kill them yourself because it’s more efficient.”

I have no idea whether she would have actually followed through. On one hand, Liorah wouldn’t kill someone unarmed, but she really hates Chantara. (With good reason ngl)