Sorrel stared unfeelingly as the boy was swallowed by the lake. He glared at Arion. This situation, he hated it with every fiber of his being. “How do you know I’ll go along with your plan?”

Arion said nothing. He walked up to him and patted Sorrel’s cheek. A mesmerizing flash of light returned them to their true form, and Sorrel could only stare helplessly in the presence of their beauty. “Because. I want you to. And you’ll do anything for me.”

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Sorrel couldn’t deny those words. He wrapped Arion up into a hug, clenching his arms around their waist. “Yeah,” he murmured, ignoring the searing pain from his human body making contact with a divine one. “I do.” His eyes filled with pools of hurt as he glanced towards the ever-still Arion. He grasped them a little bit tighter, squeezing his eyes shut.

“And I probably always will.”