[She doesn’t want to hear it, he knows. But Kylo Ren doesn’t much care for what Rey does and does not want to hear now. The memory her words trigger reminds him that there is no longer any room to bribe or threaten her. He is the Supreme Leader now. To allow her any command over him like this — it would mean all of it was for nothing. He had risen to protect himself from such things.
And yet here she was, tempting his sympathy, of which there should be none.]
I know you feel it. It still calls you to me, as it still calls me to you.
[Somewhere in that vacuum between them, Kylo Ren twines his hand around the bond and squeezes it. His heart twists in his chest for the trouble, a pain so sharp and crisp that it nearly doubles him over as he approaches the bed again.]
And you will betray yourself for it. Just as I did.
[That betrayal worked in his favor and brought Snoke low. Perhaps the same would happen to Rey, and his own reign would end. Or perhaps the poison will taste too sweet, now that they are together again.]
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[She doesn’t want to hear it, he knows. But Kylo Ren doesn’t much care for what Rey does and does not want to hear now. The memory her words trigger reminds him that there is no longer any room to bribe or threaten her. He is the Supreme Leader now. To allow her any command over him like this — it would mean all of it was for nothing. He had risen to protect himself from such things.
And yet here she was, tempting his sympathy, of which there should be none.]
I know you feel it. It still calls you to me, as it still calls me to you.
[Somewhere in that vacuum between them, Kylo Ren twines his hand around the bond and squeezes it. His heart twists in his chest for the trouble, a pain so sharp and crisp that it nearly doubles him over as he approaches the bed again.]
And you will betray yourself for it. Just as I did.
[That betrayal worked in his favor and brought Snoke low. Perhaps the same would happen to Rey, and his own reign would end. Or perhaps the poison will taste too sweet, now that they are together again.]