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Lilith

Day One

I am sobbing again as Morwen forces me to stand to look at my mates. They are sitting on the floor with a collar around their neck. It is leashed and fastened securely to the metal bar. They all look sleepy, almost drugged. That must be how they got them here.

“Please don’t hurt them. Please,” I plead with Zypher. “I’ll do whatever you want. Please just let them go.”

“You’ll do whatever we say regardless,” Zypher says as he walks over to stand in front of me. “This is how things will go, Lilith. If you listen to everything we tell you, they are safe. If you disobey me, they get hurt. If you try to run, they die. If you touch them, they die. If you talk to them, I’ll cut your tongue out. Got it?”

“Okay,” I whisper. Zypher grabs my chin and forces my head back. “Yes, sir… I’m sorry.”

“Good girl,” he says with a grin, patting my cheek. “Because you’ve been so good, I think we should celebrate your return.”

Fuck. This doesn’t sound like something I want to be a part of.

“You do want to be our good little girl, don’t you?” Morwen asks with humor in his tone. I grit my teeth as I try to force the words out of my mouth. I fear if I speak, what comes out will get me or my mates hurt. I fucking hate them, but especially for this. They are trying to get me to consent to my own rape.

“Are you being disobedient this quickly?” Zypher asks.

“No, sir,” I say through my still-gritted teeth.

“Then say it,” Zypher growls.

“Yes, sir,” I spit out.

“Yes, what?” Morwen asks, sounding amused at how compliant I appear.

My stomach flips in on itself. “Yes… I want to be your good girl,” I whisper.

“That’s my sweet Lilith,” Zypher says, cupping my cheek. When I flinch at his touch, he pulls away chuckling. “Go back to the table.”

“Fuck,” I say under my breath.

“Go on, Lilith,” Zypher says in a calm tone as Morwen lets go of me. “If I have to say it again, there will be consequences. I will take great joy in whipping your mates.”

“Okay,” I say quickly. “Okay. I’ll go.” I hesitate for a second before walking closer to the table. When Zypher shoves me back across the table, he turns my head so that I am looking at my mates. They have tears in their eyes, but it’s the unbridled anger that gets my attention the most.

Morwen moves to restrain my arms to the table while Zypher walks across the room to open the door. “Come now, gentlemen,” Zypher says to people outside. “Honor your queen.”

Fuckfuckfuck. Hot tears sting my eyes as I whimper. It’s his pack. He’s going to have his goddamn pack rape me in front of my mates.

“Eyes on your mates, whore,” Morwen says as he slaps my ass, causing me to whimper.

“Lilith ,” I hear Daemon’s voice say in my head. “ If you can hear me, do not react. Just close your eyes for a second so I know .” I close my eyes for just a moment before opening them back up. Relief washes over me with the realization that I’m not alone in this. I can still talk to my mates. Zypher and Morwen don’t realize that we can still communicate.

“ Good, Lilith. You’re doing good ,” Kael praises. “ I know this is scary, and I know you are panicking right now, but I need you to just do whatever they want. Okay? We have a plan, but you need to trust us. ”

“ Okay ,” I say. “ I’m sorry I— ”

“ Don’t apologize. We will explain later. Okay? Just keep your eyes on us. We will talk to you through this the whole time, ” Callum says.

“ Thank you ,” I say, sensing someone as they position themselves behind me.

“ Just relax the best you can and breathe ,” Daemon encourages.

The man behind me gives no warning before shoving himself deep inside my body. Pain shoots through my bottom as he forcefully pleasures himself. Tears surface, and I start to cry out from the pain he is causing me. No matter how tightly I ball my fists up or how hard I grit my teeth, I can’t distract myself from the pain. With every thrust he makes, he fucks my body harder and harder. My muscles shake from the pain he is causing me, but I keep my eyes on my mates.

“ It hurts, ” I whimper to my mates.

“ I know, baby. I know it does, ” Daemon says. “ How do you want us to distract you ?”

“ Just talk to me, ” I tell them. The man inside of me grunts loudly. His fingers dig into my hip, but the table stays firmly in place as he takes it from me.

“ Your dad said you can still reach your magia. You just need to learn to control it first ,” Daemon says.

“I’m going to kill them,” I declare with a sad voice.

“ You have to learn how to control it first, or it will kill you too, ” he says. “ That’s why we are here .”

“ We are going to help you, Lilith. We will figure this out together, ” Kael adds.

“ You are not alone in this, baby. We are right here with you, ” Callum says.

I go to respond to them, but my thoughts are cut off when the man roars as he comes in me. Another man promptly steps up to take his place. “Let’s see if this tight little pussy is as good as I remember,” he croons as he slowly sinks into me. I shudder inwardly, recognizing the tone but unable to remember a face. He groans and slams into my cervix, making me scream in pain. This only encourages him to force more screams from me as he starts to rapidly pound into me. My voice cracks as sobs break through.

I can hear my mates talking to me, but I can’t focus on their words. Even though I don’t know what they are saying, hearing their voices is helping keep me sane. I’ve never felt pain like this before. My magic was always protecting me when Zypher would have his packbangs. I don’t even know how many of them are here, but I can feel the eyes of a lot of people in the room watching. How anyone could watch a man fuck a screaming woman chained to a table and still stand quietly as they wait their turn is beyond me.

The men take their turns seeing who can make me scream the loudest. Some of them opt to fuck my face while another one stands behind me. It’s like a game to them. They are trying to cause me pain so that when I scream, the man fucking my throat gets pleasure from it. It always makes the men in the room chuckle when my screams cause the man in my throat to come, which makes me nearly choke to death on his fluids. I know exactly what will happen if I spit it out, though, so I always make sure to swallow what they force down my throat.

I am trying to not get hit by anyone because I won’t be able to heal myself without my injuries disappearing being noticeable. If Zypher and Morwen figure out that I can still access magia… I’m dead. They won’t risk me getting loose; they’d rather kill me than see me free again. I refuse to let Zypher and Morwen be my demise.

“Ready for some fun, gentlemen?” Zypher says after the twentieth person pulls out of me.

“Don’t have to ask me twice,” a man says, making everyone laugh.

“Take the chains off,” Zypher says to someone. “Since she has three mates, why not give her more than one at a time?”

I am weak already, but it doesn’t stop the sobs from racking my body as someone pulls me up. Instinctively I make a move to turn and fight against whoever is holding onto me, but Kael’s plea stops me before anyone notices.

“ Stop !” he yells through our mindlink. “ I know this hurts, I know it does, baby. But you are so fucking strong. You will get through this. You will survive this… but you can’t fight right now. You have to trust us and wait. ”

Zypher sits on the end of the table where I was just bent over and motions for the person holding me to bring me closer. I don’t fight, even though I want to. I want to kick and scream until they go away or kill me. I wish my mates weren’t here to see this, but their presence will be the only thing that keeps me rooted in sanity.

“Oh, how I have dreamed of having you ride me, Lilith,” Zypher coos as I am forced to stand in front of him. “Come take your master’s cock, little girl.”

“Please don’t make me do this, Zypher,” I cry.

He pulls a pistol out from his waistband and points it at Kael. “Last chance, Lilith. I won’t keep being nice.”

I snivel and comply with his demands. As I step closer to him, he sets the gun down. When I am within arm’s reach, he seizes me and pulls me up into his lap so that my knees are on the table as he has me straddling him. I keep my eyes down because looking him in the eye is a challenge that I do not wish to bring on myself. Someone pulls my arms behind my back, and handcuffs are slapped into place on my wrists. Zypher grabs my chin and licks a tear off my cheek.

“I have so much planned for you, my sweet slut, but I’m going to start by making you come,” he says in a grave tone. “And we won’t stop until I have that little pussy of yours quivering with need and you’re screaming my name.”

“I won’t,” I say quietly.

“Oh, but you will,” he grins. “I will have you coming like a freight train, Lilith. I will have your body so weak and deprived of reprieve that you’ll do anything to make it stop.”

“I hate you,” I whimper.

“Hate me all you want, little girl,” Zypher says, pulling out his erection. “You’re still going to come for me. Now… Be a good girl and sit on my cock.”

He grabs my hips, and I glare at him as I force myself to lower my body onto him. Zypher groans and squeezes me tighter. “Fuck, I love your cunt,” he says. “Don’t move.”

Morwen comes over and hands Zypher a knife before grabbing my waist. “You sound just like your mom when you scream,” he whispers in my ear.

“First,” Zypher says. “We are going to get rid of this little birth control implant.” He cuts into my arm with the knife, making me cry out in pain. “Morwen and I are going to fuck you every single day until you give us a child. I don’t care who the father is, as long as it doesn’t belong to your mates.”

“It takes a month to get out of my system,” I wince when he digs into my arm for the implant.

“Well then, I guess we have a lot of practicing to do, don’t we?” he grins as he tosses the tiny implant at my mates.

“You’re sick,” I snarl.

“Says the girl about to come all over my cock. What does that say about you, whore?” he chuckles. Zypher lays back and pulls me down to his chest. He turns my face to my mates, forcing me to look at them.

“Look at your mates while you come for me,” he says as he slowly starts to thrust inside of me.

“ Relax ,” Callum says. “ Keep your eyes on us. ”

“ I can cleanse myself when I heal. I won’t get pregnant. I promise, ” I tell them.

“ We’re not worried about that right now, ” Daemon says reassuringly.

“ I don’t want to come for anyone but my mates, ” I say, almost pleadingly.

“We know, sweetie. Just do what you need to do to stay alive… We will get out of this together,” Daemon says. “You will get your chance at revenge.”

“ They are only making you stronger, ” Kael reminds me. This realization of how truly moronic Zypher and Morwen are hits me. I realize Kael is right; Zypher may have been spreading rumors, but he doesn’t know just how right he has been. This realization strengthens my resolve.

“What about the glowing ?” I ask.

“ Just tell them you are half-demon. Don’t be specific. He won’t know the difference, ” Callum says.

I keep my eyes on my mates as Morwen slowly pushes into my ass. They alternate their thrusts, gaining speed little by little. They are methodical with how they move inside of me. Soon, my body reacts exactly how they want me to, and I groan. Morwen promptly pulls me up by my hair so that Zypher can suck and bite my nipple while Morwen does the same to my neck.

They take their time to torture me. I grind my teeth and offer them no sound, despite how my body unwillingly reacts to them. I keep my eyes on my mates, and they give me a constant stream of encouragement and praise for staying calm, like they did for me in the tent with the witch. Their words remind me that I’m not alone.

“ I can’t hold it back. I can’t stop it, ” I tell my mates.

“ Don’t try and stop it, baby. We know you don’t want this. We don’t want this either, but he will only hurt you more if you don’t give him what he wants ,” Callum says softly.

“Dude,” a man in the room says. “She’s turning red.”

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

“ Relax, ” Daemon encourages.

“Our little whore glows when she comes,” Zypher says as Morwen sits me up more, forcing Zypher deeper. “Shine for us, Little Star.”

Zypher grabs my face and makes me look him in the eye as he and Morwen suddenly start pounding into me. The pressure was already building against my will, but the brutality of their movements forces a disgusting groan from me with tears streaking my face.

“Not good enough,” he says with a grin as he lets go of my face to grab something from someone who approaches from beside us.

I hear a buzzing sound before he presses a vibrating wand against my clit. “ Fuck ,” I yell out as my body starts to burn from the pressure of forced orgasms building inside of me.

“You have a lot of explaining to do, little girl,” he says as he twists the wand against me, instantly throwing me into another painful orgasm.

“Stop,” I cry.

“Keep coming, Lilith,” Morwen says with a growl.

“Please stop,” I beg through another sickening moan.

“Who owns you?” he asks, groaning. When I don’t answer, he twists my nipple.

“You,” I scream so he will stop.

“Say it again,” he demands, thrusting into me harder.

“You own me,” I say loudly through my tears and groans.

“Who, Lilith? Who owns this fucking cunt?” He screams at me as he grinds the wands against me.

Just as he predicted, I do what I was trying to avoid. “ Zypher ,” I cry out as an orgasm racks my body. It feels like I’m being stung by a thousand bees as it lingers in my belly. My entire body is tense from the vibrations attacking my core. Zypher and Morwen grunt as they deposit their own disgusting release, satisfied with themselves. I instantly start sobbing again.

Morwen moves me off the table and shoves me toward the makeshift bathroom after taking the handcuffs off. “Go clean up, whore.” I just want to get away from them, so I scurry off towards the bathroom without hesitation and pull the thin curtain closed. I immediately start cleaning them off of me. I take the opportunity to use the restroom while I am here because gods knows how long it will be until I can pee again. When I have stalled long enough, I step out.

The pack is gone, and Zypher is standing with Morwen by the table. On the table sits a whip. I freeze in place, hesitant to move any closer.

“Come here,” Zypher says, pointing to the ground in front of him. I sigh, hanging my head as I walk closer, knowing what is waiting for me. When I stop walking and stand where he pointed, they both glare at me. “Explain.”

“Explain what?” I ask, playing dumb.

“Don’t fucking test me, Lilith,” he growls. “The glowing. What the fuck was that?”

I sigh heavily and close my eyes. “My father is a demon,” I say softly.

“Okay? What does that have to do with you glowing bright fucking red?” Morwen hisses.

“It means I am half-demon, half-witch,” I deadpan.

“I understand genetics, smartass,” he says.

“Well then I don’t fucking know!” I snap back. “All I know is that willingly or not, that happens when I have an orgasm. Happy?”

“You’ve never done that before,” Zypher says, ignoring my attitude.

“You’ve never made me come before,” I retort without thinking, hostility in my voice. “Wait, I—”

Before I can apologize, he slaps me across the face, and I fall to the ground. “ What the fuck did you just say to me? ” he snarls.

“Nothing. I’m sorry, I’m sorry, Master,” I whimper and cower away from him as he snatches the whip and moves closer.

“ Say it again, bitch ,” he yells, snapping the whip behind him. In all of the time that I’ve known Zypher, I’ve never seen him this angry. I’ve also never taken a direct stab at his ego. I shouldn’t have said that to him. I knew better.

“I’m sorry, Zypher,” I cry. “I’m sorry. It’s because I hadn’t found my mates yet. That’s all. I’m so sorry. Please don’t.”

“Put her on the chains facing the wall,” Zypher says to Morwen, the anger rolling off him in waves.

“Please, Zypher… Master… Please don’t do this,” I beg as Morwen picks me up and drags me to the chains.

“It’s too late for apologies now, Lilith,” Morwen sneers as he pulls my arms above my head to restrain me. I give up pleading for mercy. I know better than to say shit like that to him.

“ I’m so sorry ,” Daemon says. His voice sounds broken. “ You can’t lose your temper, Lilith. If you do, that power could kill you. ”

“ I know ,” I whimper throughout the mind link.

“You disrespect me and my pack, and you think an apology will suddenly make up for it?” Zypher asks bitterly.

“I’m sorry, Zypher. I’m sorry,” I whimper.

“Oh… not nearly sorry enough,” he says. “But you will be.”

I hear the whip crack before I feel the stinging on my back. I shriek as pain floods my skin. He keeps lashing it across me from my shoulders to the backs of my knees while I scream at the top of my lungs. I beg him to stop, but he just keeps hitting me with all of the force he can muster up. I can smell a hint of blood in the air. I can hear my mates crying, begging Zypher to stop hitting me. Right now… I just want him to kill me. I want to pass out from the pain. Anything to get me away from the feeling of fire on my skin.

When he finally stops, my body slumps, and I recognize myself from my vision. Morwen comes over and unhooks the restraints, causing me to drop to the ground. I curl myself up into the fetal position, tears streaming down my face as I tremble in pain. Zypher grabs me by the collar and forces me up onto my knees in front of him. I keep my head down, but sobs still shake through my body.

“Go lay on the table,” he spits out.

“Zypher, p-please,” I whimper.

“Go, Lilith. You need to be cleaned,” he says in a surprisingly soft tone. I have no desire to question this sudden mood change, so I do as I’m told. He holds his hand out to assist me in standing when I start to get up. I look at my mates, and they look just as confused as I do when he helps me to the table.

“Thank you,” I whisper. He doesn’t say anything as he picks me up and lays me across the cold table. He doesn’t restrain my wrists, so I rest my head on my arms and look at my mates.

“Can I trust you to not move from here while I go get some things to help you?” he asks, stroking my hair.

“I can hardly breathe, Zypher. I’m not going anywhere,” I choke out. I couldn’t run right now, even if I did want to leave my mates here.

“Good girl,” he says. He leans down and kisses my forehead and I recoil in disgust. Zypher and Morwen leave the room, and I finally allow myself to relax.

“ Are you okay?” Daemon asks through our mind link.

“ I’m in a lot of pain,” I reply simply .

“ I’m so sorry. I wish we could do something to help, ” Kael says.

“ You all talking to me is a lot of help. It’s going to be the difference between fighting and going insane, ” I say.

“ What is he doing?” Kael asks.

“ I don’t know ,” I say. “ He’s never gotten that angry with me before. Ever.”

“ He feels bad,” Daemon says.

“ Probably. The man is obsessed with her,” Kael says.

“ What do you mean?” I ask.

“It’s like he’s in love with you,” Daemon says . “It’s like how an abusive partner will take care of you after beating the fuck out of you.”

“Gross,” I say simply .

Zypher comes into the room alone and sets a bowl of water next to me. It has an antiseptic smell to it. He takes a washcloth from the water and rings it out before gently wiping the blood from my back.

“I didn’t want to do that,” Zypher says softly.

“ See. Told you,” Kael says.

“Why did you?” I ask cautiously. “You’ve never hurt me like that before.”

“You’ve never disrespected me before,” he replies simply. He makes a fair point. I’ve never been a bitch to him like that before. “You make me so angry sometimes, Lilith. I don’t like hurting you.”

“I know,” I say quietly. He wipes across my mid-back, and I whimper in pain.

“I’ll put some medicine in it to help with the pain,” he says.

“Thank you, Zypher,” I say in a soft tone. He can’t see my face, so I freely roll my eyes.

“All of this can stop, Lilith,” he says after a few minutes of silence.

“What’s the catch?” I ask

“You agree to stay with me, be mine,” he says as he sets the washcloth down. I flinch when he runs his hand up my inner thigh and grazes his fingertips across my sex.

“ Don’t fight him, baby. Use his obsession against him,” Callum says.

“I don’t know, Zypher,” I say softly.

Instead of talking, he leans down and starts kissing my neck as he gently rubs my clit.

“ I don’t like this,” I tell my mates.

“I know, baby. Just pretend it’s us. Play the long game,” Daemon says.

“ Pretend I want it?” I ask, shocked .

“Yes,” Daemon says. “ Make him fawn over you. I know it sucks, but we need you alive .”

“ Talk to me. I need to hear you guys so that I don’t barf,” I tell them.

With the guys in my head feeding me a constant stream of encouragement and praise, as if they were the ones touching me instead of a psychopath with a knack for hurting me. As long as I keep my eyes closed and hear their voices, I can create a fake world in my head where it’s actually them. If I don’t think about how fucking sick this is, maybe I won’t gag when he speaks.

“I can make you feel good, Lilith,” Zypher whispers in my ear as he pushes two fingers inside of me, still massaging my clit. “Doesn’t that feel good, baby?”

I whimper as the gag-worthy pleasure builds in my belly. It has me panting, but I am still trying to keep the waves of nausea at bay.

“ Answer him, baby, ” Daemon encourages.

“Yes,” I choke out. Unfortunately, it does feel nice, but it’s my mates’ words that are convincing my body to not make the building climax painful.

“ Come for us, Lilith. Not him. Your mates,” Kael says. “ Come for your mates, Lilith. Let us hear you. ”

“Fuck,” I moan out loud when he curls his fingers inside of me, and my pussy contracts around him as tingles dance along my body.

“ There you go, baby. Let it out, Lilith,” Callum says, “Show us how we make you feel.”

“ Moan his name, Lilith. Make him think it’s him inside your head making you come, ” Daemon says.

“That’s my good girl,” Zypher says sweetly before pushing deeper.

“ Say it, baby. Say his name while you come for your mates,” Kael demands softly.

“ Fuck, Zypher,” I moan as my orgasm washes over me. He kisses and nips at my neck while working every last tremor from my body.

“ You did good, baby. You did so fucking good ,” Daemon praises me.

“It could be like that all of the time, Lilith,” Zypher says as he washes his hands off in the antiseptic water before applying medicine to my wounds.

“I don’t know, Zypher. You hurt me,” I say. “You let others use me like I was just an object. I deserve to be more than just an object to someone.”

“If I agree to not let the pack come back, will you consider my offer?” he asks.

“Yes,” I lie. I’m not considering shit, but I won’t tell him that. I’m sick and tired of sitting around being the victim. Only one of us will make it out of here alive. I will be the one who makes him take his last breath as pain and agony rip through him. He will feel every bit of pain that I can give him before I end his life.

“I will continue to punish you so long as you choose your mates over me,” he says.

“Am I going to get whipped again?” I ask, forcing my voice to tremble in fear. If he says anything but no, I will let all of my power out at once and take us all down.

“No, Lilith, I won’t whip you again. Morwen either,” he says.

“Then I will accept my punishments until I decide,” I say.

“When you decide to stay, you will reject your mates, and I will let them return to the Capitol unharmed,” Zypher says.

“I will let you know when I decide,” I say. “But Zypher…”

“Yes?” he asks.

“If you want me to stay, I need you to prove to me that I will be happy with you,” I say.

“I will show you happiness, love. You’ll see,” he says as he dabs on the medicine, a smile spreading on his face.

“ Fucking idiot,” I say to my mates.

“ You sly little witch ,” Kael says, amused.

“See that camera in the corner?” Zypher says. I look up to the corner by the door and see a camera in the corner with a flashing red light on it.

“Yes.”

“I can hear and see everything. I won’t restrain you, but you are not to get off this table unless it’s to use the restroom. Got it?” he says firmly.

“Yes, sir,” I say. “But…”

“What?” he asks.

“You’re going to have to let them use the restroom too at some point. You can’t just keep them tied up like animals,” I say.

“They deserve it,” he growls.

“No. They were protecting their mate from someone they perceived as a threat. If I were your mate, you would do the same thing,” I say.

“I would do the same for you without you being my mate,” he snaps. “I will do the same thing when you become my mate.”

“I know you will,” I say softly. “That is why I’m asking you to show some grace here and not keep them tied up like animals. We know the rules. No touching or talking. I will stay here, and they will stay there. You told me you wouldn’t hurt me, and until I decide otherwise, they are an extension of me for now. It’s instinctive, and you know I can’t help that. I’m trying to keep the peace here so that I can give you a chance to prove yourself to me,” I say softly, intentionally looking into Zypher’s eyes to show a level of affection that he is searching for in me.

“ Careful,” Callum says.

“Please, Zypher. Don’t be that person; you’re better than this,” I ask, gently laying my hand on his. He doesn’t flinch or react in any way, but he does close his eyes and sigh.

“The collars stay on,” he says. “When we are in here, they are expected to sit there and shut the fuck up.”

“Yes, sir,” I say with a sweet smile. He grunts in response before kissing my head. I keep the fake smile on my face until he points for me to lie back down. When I turn to face away from him, the smile falls away, and I roll my eyes again when I know he can’t see me. Zypher walks over to the guys and takes the chain off the back of the collars that are fashioned around their necks.

“Goodnight, Lilith,” he says before opening the door to the room.

“Goodnight, Zypher. Thank you for taking care of me, even though I made you mad.”

“Go to sleep,” he says before walking out and shutting the door.

I bite my lip to stifle a laugh. “ Too much? ” I ask my mates.

“ Not at all ,” Daemon says. “ You’ll have him wrapped around your finger in no time. ”

“ He will still be cruel when Morwen is around ,” I say.

“ Probably, but he will be more careful about how much pain he’s putting you in in a long-term sense, ” Kael says.

“ You actually should get some sleep, ” Callum says.

“ I’m going to kill him,” I say.

“I know, baby,” Daemon laughs.

“ Keep playing him, and tomorrow we can start working small with your magic,” Kael says.

“ I’m going to have to end up making him think I actually want him, ” I say.

“ Weaponize your body,” Kael says. “You’re a succubus. Draw on that and use it.”

“What do you mean?”

“Fuck the life out of him, little witch. Steal his energy and use it as your own,” Kael says.

“ You mean like literally fuck him to death?” I ask.

“Yes, baby,” Callum says . “Work on your powers and take your revenge.”

“I hope you know the power you are giving me right now,” I laugh.

“To kill a man with your vagina?” Daemon asks. “Baby girl, it’s in your nature. I’m pretty sure on some weird level your dad would be really fucking proud of you for leaning on that side of yourself to find freedom.”

“She could murder a dog, and he would still be proud,” Kael laughs.

“I love you guys,” I say with a sigh.

“We love you too, Lilith. Rest now. You’ll need your strength,” Daemon says softly.