With that promise, he buried his face in her neck. "Thank you," he mumbled. It sounded like Hermes and Hecate could actually help. ...hopefully. Patrick had never been a martyr and even though he had tried to throw himself under the bus a few weeks ago, he was fairly sure the Antichrist was right. He would never get through torture like George had. Not like this. Padraig could. Maybe he could have in his past. The way he was now, he would be sobbing in five seconds and begging in fifteen.

"You make me feel so safe," he confided to her.