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I Made A Deal With The Devil

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Chapter 51: out

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Nikolai feels more free than ever, and for a moment all he wants it to be in Akio’s arms, until he remembers... remembers how he left his house with Akio’s sobs filling the empty space and dripping from the walls.

And suddenly he doesn't feel so warm.

He turns to look at Ren and feels his body tense for what he knew was about to come.

"Brother," Ren looks over to him, dark face rippling beneath long shadows and amber light flickering from the flames.

Nikolai takes a deep breath of icy air.

"What I'm about to do..." he trails off, god he didn't even know how to say how crazy the plan was they were about to do... he was practically asking Ren to commit suicide with him.

Ren must have read his thought for he says softly, "I would go to the ends of the world with you Nikolai. Always," his eyes dark and alive with flames, almost as black as Nikolai’s , "So tell me the plan."

He smiles despite the seriousness of the situation.

"How did you