ELIAS'S POVMy brows furrowed as he said those words.“Help me… Why would you want to do that?” I asked, unable to hide the suspicion in my voice.“Is it that hard to understand?” Lucien scoffed, then pushed himself up from the chair. “Without my help, you're really going to die, and I don't want that.”I had a vague understanding of why he was doing this, but a part of my heart was fighting hard not to believe it.“Why exactly are you doing this?” I asked, my eyes narrowing.“You know already, so drop the pretense.”“Well, if that's it, I'm very much not interested.”“We'll see about that,” he responded with a small smile tugging at the corner of his lips. “But first, let me get you started.”My eyes stayed fixed on him as he left his position and walked towards me. I hated the way he was towering over me, so I straightened too, and our gazes locked.“What I'm about to tell you,” he muttered in a deeper voice. “No one else should hear about it.”Despite having no idea what he was goi
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