I glance at her. “If I make the wrong decision here, they are dead.”
Her jaw tightens, but she doesn’t press the point.
Because she already understands.
She just doesn’t know the reason why.
We step beyond the ruins, leaving the shattered pillar behind, leaving the space where something wrong happened.
I will return.
But first, I need Lucien to look me in the eye and tell me I’m wrong.