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There is a moment that he takes a deep breath, eyes opening finally as Sett still holds his chin gently.
“Please allow me, this once, to follow through with a lead.”
“No. It screams fishy, we’re not riskin’ ya for some kind of trap.” Hwei watched the focused expression shift into a deep-set frown. Troubled. “It’s not worth it.”
“Yet what if it is? What if this is a genuine lead that will further both of our goals? If it turns out to be a trap then I shall go alone. No one else will be injured in this investigation. Every mark should have meaning, this must be something. Please allow me to investigate it.”
Was Sett’s softness being extended towards Hwei?
Even he could not decipher the expression that Sett wore as he pulled back. Though a hand brushes a curl behind his ear, and for a moment Hwei thinks of someone else doing the same motion.
But his touch was warming, but that warmth was something that should be reserved for Aphelios.
“Don’t you wish to see him again?”