A Heavy Heart to Carry - PSL with apostasy

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I was a heavy heart to carry
my beloved was weighed down
my arms around his neck
my fingers laced to crown
I was a heavy heart to carry
but he never let me down
when he held me in his arms
my feet never touched the ground

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There's a few more minutes of bargaining. Nathaniel, fortunately, kept a few Howe family jewels for just this sort of occasion. He parts ways with one now, and the two men are left alone on the berth deck to make themselves comfortable.

"How did they find us so quickly?"

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Anders considers that for a moment and a terrible thought comes to him. "I don't believe my phylactery was ever destroyed."

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Silence stretches between them. Longer than is comfortable, while that weight sinks over them.

"Then...it won't matter if we run, or how far."

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"Unless we find a way to get it away from them, no." He feels chilled to the bone at this. Why does the Circle have to continue to haunt him?

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A hard swallow.

"I can get it from them. If we surrender."

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Anders feels like he can't breathe at the suggestion. "Who knows what these people will do to you, Nate."

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"So long as I do not lose control of the situation, I'll be fine." He leans in to press a kiss to Anders' mouth. "I love you. More than I have ever loved anything in my life."

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"And I love you. I don't want you to put yourself in danger for me." Anders is looking at him seriously now. "You can still get away."