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The silvery woman could no more impart to Samael the details of what had her so miserable than she could enter that dank university again. It was the same in her head; though her mind revisited the site of that attack over and over again her mouth refused to speak such awful things. It was an admitting of blame, an admitting of failure. She'd made the decision to trade her dignity for her life anyway, and she damn well deserved to wallow in the murky pit she'd dug for herself.
Still, it was there, wavering on the tip of her tongue. Haku's name was a curse caught in the back of her throat like a tickle, a cough she could not spit out. She inhaled sharply and swallowed it back down again, burying her head into him once more and exhaling in that rattling shake once more. It was her fault, and she could not place the burden of knowledge on Samael's shoulders. The coyote could see his vicious intent clearly, lurking just behind his crimson eyes and waiting to spring. He might succeed in killing Haku, sure—but if all of Dahlia de Mai descended on Samael's head he would not survive to return home to his mother; the hybrid woman could see that plainly.
Beyond that, the scent of Inferni would be unmistakable at the crime, and Gabriel's retribution on Samael if he started a war—for any reason, Kaena thought—would be swift and it would be terrible. Giving anything to Samael was as well as signing his death warrant, the hybrid knew, and she shook her head. "Nothing will hurt me if you are here," she said softly, smiling faintly, for she knew this was the truth. Samael would keep her safe always, and he would protect her until he died for her if necessity dictated it. This comforted Kaena to no end, and as she clung to her son she began to stabilize, growing less panicked as the moments passed by.
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