He'd been putting it off, if he were entirely honest.
He'd been putting it off, if he were entirely honest.
Straightening, Jekyll’s expression softened. “Perhaps it is not only fear that teaches us, Yeshua,” he said thoughtfully. “Perhaps mercy does too—when we are forgiven for-
Straightening, Jekyll’s expression softened. “Perhaps it is not only fear that teaches us, Yeshua,” he said thoughtfully. “Perhaps mercy does too—when we are forgiven for-
He bent to examine the toaster’s battered side, fingers brushing the dent with an almost tender precision. “It appears resilient enough,” he murmured, glancing toward-
He bent to examine the toaster’s battered side, fingers brushing the dent with an almost tender precision. “It appears resilient enough,” he murmured, glancing toward-
“My word,” he breathed, surveying the scorched wall and the trembling creature.-
“My word,” he breathed, surveying the scorched wall and the trembling creature.-
He glanced toward Yeshua with a faint, almost boyish smile. “Not alive, I assure you. Merely efficient.”
He glanced toward Yeshua with a faint, almost boyish smile. “Not alive, I assure you. Merely efficient.”
It wasn’t an accusation so much as a wound laid bare.
It wasn’t an accusation so much as a wound laid bare.
“Do you understand what you’re saying to me?” he asked quietly. “That the part of me I loathe, the part I’ve tried to bury, is the one you’ve chosen?-
“Do you understand what you’re saying to me?” he asked quietly. “That the part of me I loathe, the part I’ve tried to bury, is the one you’ve chosen?-
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It wasn’t a question. It was an echo of the thing already written across her face. He drew a ragged breath, eyes flicking from the floor to her and back, like he couldn’t decide which was safer to look at.
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It wasn’t a question. It was an echo of the thing already written across her face. He drew a ragged breath, eyes flicking from the floor to her and back, like he couldn’t decide which was safer to look at.
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His lips parted once, closed again. He pressed his palm flat to the edge of the workbench, knuckles white.
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His lips parted once, closed again. He pressed his palm flat to the edge of the workbench, knuckles white.
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