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As Tohr walked off toward No&039;One, John resu his little patch of linoleum outside of Qhuinn&039;s room

On soo down the hall to that other fe, as if one of the laws of the universe had decided to run in reverse Hell, paralleling it with his own life, the idea that there would ever be another feh he was in constant agony without her, he still loved her so ain she was still alive

And you couldn&039;t argue that the relationship hadn&039;t been good for Tohr He was back to the size he&039;d been when John had firstAnd coht or leaped off a bridge in, like,Qhuinn had taken up the slack on that one Yay

Besides, No&039;One was tough not to approve of: She was very nonbi Not at all bad to look at

There were so ers Stuck-up gly his head fall back against the concrete wall, he closed his eyes as he heard the pair of theh, the voices stopped and he assuo to bed -

Okay, he was so not going there

Left to his little loneso and occasional repositioning of li his mind off Xhex

Funny, this stretch of wait-and-worry felt like old ti on Qhuinn

Man, they were lucky the guy had coes fro down to the floor, and V with his gun up to Assail&039;s head and Tohr going body-shield over the king Then he and Qhuinn were searching the house arguing next to that sliding glass door fighting over his best friend going out into the night, uncovered and alone

You need to let me do what I can

Qhuinn&039;s eyes had been resolute and utterly unafraid, because he knew his capabilities, knew that he could go out on a Hail Mary and rough shit up, knew that even though there was a chance he wasn&039;t cohting skills that he would do everything possible to decrease that risk

And John had let hi and his head had been ringing and his body prepared to block the way out Even though it hadn&039;t just been lesser new recruits out there, but the Band of Bastards, ere highly trained, very experienced, and brutal as hell Even though Qhuinn was his best friend, a male who mattered to him in this world, someone whose loss would rock him for life

Shit

John put his pal

Except no ae the revelation that was creeping up on him, unwelco with the Brotherhood back in the spring, when she had offered to find Xcor&039;s lair: I can take care of that - especially if I hit them in the daytime

She had been utterly hard eyed and clearheaded, sure of herself and her capabilities You people need me to do what I can

When it had been his best friend? He hadn&039;t liked it, but he&039;d stepped aside and let the h there was uy and he&039;d died? John would have been crushed but that was the code of soldier, the code of Brotherhood

The code ofXhex would be so much worse, of course, because he was a bondedto save her from some violent fate, he&039;d lost her co left, no passion, no conversation, no warmth little contact And it was all because his protective urge had taken over

It was all his fault

He had hter - and then freaked when the risk-of-injury thing had gone froht - she didn&039;t want hi hi him do what he could to help

She wasn&039;t per his job - and if she had? Well, then he would have explained patiently and with love that he was born to fight, and he was careful with himself, and

Kettle, black, much?

Besides, hoould he have felt if so? Hoould he have reacted if he&039;d been told, in spite of all his other qualifications and skills, in spite of his natural talent and instincts, that because he couldn&039;t speak, he wasn&039;t allowed on the field?

Being female was not a disability in any sense of the word But he had treated it as such, hadn&039;t he He had decided that because she was not male, in spite of all her qualifications and skills, she couldn&039;t go out into conflict

As if breasts suddenly erous

John restarted with the rubbing, his head beginning to thu his life Strike that - it had ruined his life Because he wasn&039;t sure, no et Xhex back

He was, however, certain about one thing

Abruptly, he thought about Tohr and that oath

And knehat he had to do

As Tohrment walked toward her, No&039;One beca fro eyes fixing on her as if he meant to consume her in soht

Dearest Virgin Scribe, he was co to take her

I want to fuck you