Ayla“Please stop this,” I pleaded as my heart raced for him.Fear, rage, and guilt washed over me as I stared at him squirming in pain. He had come all this way for me, and I couldn’t bear to see him suffer on my behalf. “Anna! Tell her to stop!”“Anna can’t help you; no one can. The only one who can make this stop is you. If you want to free him from this cruel punishment, then offer him up as the sacrifice. You said earlier that he means nothing to you, so that shouldn’t be hard.”“I didn’t say he didn’t mean anything to me, I…”“Ayla,” I heard Ragnar call out, and I stopped talking.His voice sounded stranger than usual, like it was coming from somewhere farther away than where he stood. My face contorted into a frown, and I turned to look at Anna. She met my gaze, smiled sadly, and turned her back to me.“I told you she can’t help you,” Eris said with a playful giggle.“Ayla,” Ragnar called out again, and I moved my gaze to him. “Please give her anything she wants. Make it stop,
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