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97 - At The End Of A Tunnel

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“Maybe things would have turned out differently, maybe Eli would still be alive, maybe our child would be alive—”

“Eli made a sacrifice,” he held her head between his palms, commanding her attention, “knowing fully well what it would entail. He laid down his life for yours. He wanted you to live.”

Belladonna blinked at those words.

Eli wanted her to live.

“You did not kill him.”

“But— but my hand was on the dagger and I—”

“You did not kill him, Nightshade.”

“Let me speak, Alaris!” She yanked herself away from him. “Let me be mad at myself!”

Silence fell between them and his hands fell to either side as he watched her scream and pull her hair, breaking the silence.

“Ahhhhhhhh!”

Her eyes were filled with tears, his eyes glistened with the same.

A grieving person trying to console another.

How would that even work?

“Alright then. My Eli…” she wiped her tears away aggressively as if annoyed that it was even there. “He made such a great sacrifice, the least I could have done for him
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