Vecna. Another god trying to take away everything the mattered to him. Rage gripped him. The same rage he felt when he learned what Vesh had done. His shoulders tensed and his jaw clenched and then--
And then it bled away on a wave of relief. His death ward. It had been on all of them. He had protected her then and she was with him now.
"I'm going to need you to explain everything to me as clearly as you can, baby," he tried to tease but didn't get most of the words out before he'd drawn her into his arms again. "But it can wait. First I'm going to introduce you to a self-filling bath, get you clothes, and something to eat. I'll get Lillith to bring it so I don't have to leave."
She wouldn't have to see anyone else until she could pull herself back together. And he could hold himself together until she was ready for them to leave.
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And then it bled away on a wave of relief. His death ward. It had been on all of them. He had protected her then and she was with him now.
"I'm going to need you to explain everything to me as clearly as you can, baby," he tried to tease but didn't get most of the words out before he'd drawn her into his arms again. "But it can wait. First I'm going to introduce you to a self-filling bath, get you clothes, and something to eat. I'll get Lillith to bring it so I don't have to leave."
She wouldn't have to see anyone else until she could pull herself back together. And he could hold himself together until she was ready for them to leave.