dy, the weight of Damien's resolve, refused to leave her mind. She had seen Damien fight before-had seen him kill without hesitation. But toni

uldn't help but wonder if they were both becoming something they couldn't undo. Every

t mechanical precision. His face was a mask of stone, but Alina could see the cracks beneath it. He w

ightly against her chest. "Damien," she began,

told her everything she needed to know. He w

asked, his voic

g, the bloodshed. You're not the man I met anymore, Dami

ad to say it. Because she knew if she didn't, she would drown in the silence that s

expression. "And what do you want me to be, Alina? A hero? A man who walks awa

hing that's not about revenge. I want you to fight for us. For what we could be. If we

hesitation, a question he wasn't ready to ask. The silence between t

a whisper. "I don't know how to stop, Al

shaky but her resolve steady. "Then may

e, was all they had left. But for the first time in a long while, Alina didn't feel entire

was enoug

end of their journey, and soon, they would have to face the consequences of everything they had d

time to make their final choice, th