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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 19, 2015 13:36:59 GMT -5
"-we'll ask Mrs. Snape to intervene," he blurted. "Jessica Cartwright's sister-in-law. The widow of the man who died at the Met. She advocates for them."
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Post by Teja on Sept 19, 2015 13:42:54 GMT -5
"Loki, it's pointless. The problem isn't in evading him, anyway -"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 19, 2015 17:19:04 GMT -5
"It can't hurt!"
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Post by Teja on Sept 19, 2015 17:21:57 GMT -5
"The problem is him knowing I'm doing it. I don't want to risk his wrath, Loki - don't tell me you'd risk my life like that. Would you? Would you?"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 19, 2015 18:40:52 GMT -5
"I won't let him kill you!" Loki snapped.
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Post by Teja on Sept 19, 2015 18:41:02 GMT -5
"Kill me?" she asked, laughing hollowly. "Oh... You think I think he'll kill me."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 19, 2015 18:44:56 GMT -5
"Teja, please. Getting you away from him is a start, at least let me do that much-"
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Post by Teja on Sept 19, 2015 18:46:00 GMT -5
"I won't risk it. He'll know what it means."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 19, 2015 19:10:29 GMT -5
"You can't very well keep putting yourself in his reach, either!" Loki protested. "I won't have you subjecting yourself to his- his use to avoid a confrontation. Teja, please, come away with me, at least for a little while-"
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Post by Teja on Sept 19, 2015 19:38:31 GMT -5
"No, I can't," she said uneasily, but her jumpiness pointed to a rise in her hysteria. "You're not listening to me or understanding me or something. If he knows I'm evading him - which he will, Loki, he won't blame it all on you-"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 19, 2015 19:49:21 GMT -5
"Then we'll make him think that's the case," Loki insisted.
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Post by Teja on Sept 19, 2015 19:50:07 GMT -5
"How?"
She was in tears.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 19, 2015 19:57:01 GMT -5
Loki frowned in thought for a moment.
"Go back to him. Talk to him, placate him, do whatever you can bring yourself to do," he said slowly, as the plan began to take shape in his head. "And then I'll interrupt you. I'll be insane with jealousy. I'll drag you apart from him no matter how you protest and spirit you away from him before he can do anything about it. Once you're away from him, we can find a safe place for you to stay for a while."
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Post by Teja on Sept 19, 2015 19:59:42 GMT -5
She clapped her hands over her mouth just thinking about being near Johannes again, placating him - knowing what being around him would involve instinctively now, his hands on her shoulders, her throat, her face, her arms, her waist; his kissing and his adoring looks; it wasn't anything violent or dangerous that brought that shiver of near repulsion to her, but the fact that, quite mundanely, and even benignly, even endearingly, he was in love with her.
She nodded, unable to get out a single word.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 19, 2015 20:05:32 GMT -5
"Teja?"
Loki put a hand on her shoulder, looking more worried than ever.
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