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Chapter Ninety-One
There was only one choice.
Only one that would allow me to salvage what little I did have left. I’d already burnt bridges, destroyed faith… ruined any chance of having the life I used to so desperately crave. I couldn’t necessarily fix what I’d already done but I once used to believe that more bloodshed wasn’t the way to solve the past, and that was probably still true now. Even if Thea made it harder to see things that way.
No, I needed to save him… even if it proved more difficult than worthwhile.
Calm down and think. I needed to consider this very carefully.
There was always a logical explanation for these things when analysed, some sort of strategy. She could mess with my emotions and how I perceived things, but she couldn’t change the hard facts. They were there if I just focused enough. I just needed to push past what I felt I needed to do, and concentrate on what the situation was actually telling me to do.
I needed to
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