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    “I have no more need to take over,” Trivius said, his voice clear in Rian’s head, as though Trivius was standing right next to him.


    “I won’t free you,” Rian thought.


    “We both would have died if you hadn’t drank from him,” Trivius said in his mind.


    “The blood of the living would rid us of what Mortua has done,” Trivius said.


    “I won’t do it,” Rian thought.


    “Eventually you will. It’s that or die by Mortua’s hand. I know you cannot resist the thirst for much longer. I need only wait.”