Karrie stood up but staggered and had to lean against the workshop for support.<span style="color: #b30000"> "What a hopelessly optimistic little bastard you are." </span>While she still looked ready to murder the priestess at the drop of a hat, Kalian would see a small improvement in the succubus' mood. She grabbed the priestess by the by her leg, but the barely conscious priestess could barely muster a soft whimper as she was dragged.<span style="color: #b30000"> "I would do anything for Rachel, I don't know how many times I need to say it. Anything! But she won't have me back, I saw the way she looked at me. She hates me." </span>She dragged Karrie towards the lake to try drowning her once again as the wolf brushed against Kalian's side and sat down to watch.<span style="color: #b30000"> "Rachel will never take us back, I can't go back to her, I can't go anywhere... I wish I could believe you, I want to believe you, I really do. But I know you're lying, you're just trying to help. When I find a new home I'll send you letters as long as my sanity lets me." </span>She gave the priestess a hard tug to get her into the mud of the shore and finally into the water.<br/><br/><span style="color: #cc99ff">"My love, sometimes it can be hard to tell if you're joking or not. But we'll have those days back. Not with Relene but with whatever comes out of Sahra, and we've learned from Relene what to do and not to do. It's unfortunate that's how we had to learn but we need to make the most of it so her misery isn't for nothing." </span>She nodded and sighed.<span style="color: #cc99ff"> "I think you should let her go, or maybe give her to The'kal. Holding onto her isn't fair, she either deserves to be born into happiness or just let go to pass on."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>