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~ ZEV ~

Sasha blinked, alarmed. "Why not? What did I do?"

"You're completely underselling yourself!" Zev growled. "You'd just give away your soul like that, Sash? Just, without even a thought?"

"I didn't say I gave away my soul. I said I was certain you had one. That I wouldn't spend eternity searching for you like some sad ghost."

"But you can't know that!"

"Neither can you!"

"No, he growled. "But at least I considered it. I weighed the decision. I didn't just throw caution to the wind and…. and… laugh it off!"

"I'm not laughing, Zev. I'm just… wait… considered what? Weighed what decision?"

"Whether I would offer myself as Ardent," he said, his eyes dragging away from her face again, but he could still see her.

Sasha's eyes widened and she pulled her hand slowly back from his chest. "You… don't want to?" she asked quietly.

"What? No! That's not what I meant!"