A better incentive? Angel felt like his back was pinned up against the wall. For a moment, the spider stood there with his hands clinched at his sides as he thought of a way out of this. It was the last thing he wanted to do but he might need to sacrifice himself to Val. He's been through it before... Freedom tasted sweet while it lasted.

But right as he was about to speak, he felt a hand slip around his waist. Before he could look he heard the warm soothing baritone voice he knew so well. His head whipped around so fast to stare wide-eyed down at his boyfriend. Fuck, they really needed to Talk.

"Husk? Whadda ya doing here?"