long I worked on

, ma

s left of my li

s done, I

in the sam

r me, a cruel sm

' s finally awak

out for over a

been that cl

Charm in front of my face. It pu

h it," Julian said. "It m

my energy, thrivi

nger, but I was too

" I manag

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g me in the suf

a slipped i

ter, and a small, fo

e whispered, her eyes full of c

iv

y forced

hing only another Sentinel o

support, o

hope ignite

to see me t

t improvement in my conditio

sed my communica

essivene

er," she said,

Pact is truly over just be

rmal dissolution

g to reassert

arrowing, "he still needs your prote

eat was

o come to the m

on Julian, their affectionat

s eyes always findin

her in our ol

rough a box of mem

ought she h

faded photograph, had a small, bitt

se his Sentinel

roved he never

s. Misinte

ed with a fa