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"She's stubborn," he finally said and sighed "It's her loyalty and her fear that areher hold on to this She has heart, Jonas I want to find that heart If I can convince her to accept the need to give us the location of the data chip, then I think itthat isn't"
It was only a thought, a feeling Styx ell aware he could be grasping at straws here, but he illing to try anything at this point
Jonas narrowed his gaze back at him "Explain," he commanded, his voice low
"Storave her so she never believed she could find with a Breed Safety, and war she craves"
"You," Jonas stated
Styx gave an abrupt nod "Me What she's finding witheven as she's drawn to it If I' heat won't fully begin"
Jonas stared back at hiaze flickered with a sense of recognition "Your hypothesis is that ins with love, not the other way around?"
Styx nodded "Hormones, pheromones and chemical reactions have been proven to contribute heavily to the state of love All the ingredients for it are there, Jonas I believe fear is holding her back Fear and whatever eerous as that damned information"
"You could be wrong," Jonas warned him
Styx blew out a hard, heavy breath "And I could die tomorrow, but she's worth it"
"Is she?" Jonas leaned forward slowly "She hates Breeds, Styx We're ani ht to our freedoht to our lives"
Styx shook his head as he allowed a s at his lips "No, Jonas, that's what coer that fills her That's not what Storme feels If she felt it, then I would never hold her in ht"
"You're setting yourself up, Styx" Jonas sighed then "The steps you're taking will place your status here at Haven, as well as your life, in jeopardy when she betrays you If a single Breed dies fro with her"
The laws listed in the public archives and law books were discreet, not easily discernible Those that every Breed and hu to work in Haven or in Sanctuary were clear-cut and concise
In this area,law ruled every Breed that had mated, especially those who had mated a human If that human was proven to have deliberately betrayed either community or a Breed of the human's own free wi