<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ccff">Lucian blinked, before leaning back a bit and tilting Alexi’s head back to meet his eyes.</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4da6ff">“Your bond runs deep, and so it’s only natural that you would know what she would be thinking if she was awake. But don’t think about her right now. She isn’t here, it’s only you and me. So ask yourself. Do you want this? I can handle if the answer is no, I just don’t want you to feel like you have to do this for me.”</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ccff"> He took one of Alexi’s hands in his, and smiled at him.</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4da6ff"> “I want you to do it because you want to, okay?”</span>