Maybe it would be best to just... stay here. Curl into a ball and wait for the inevitable. Henri could move on. Maura and the healers would be safer. Father and Teller would be heartbroken—but better off, perhaps. My choices had already put them at so much risk. It would be an excruciating end. But maybe that was exactly what I deserved. I did this. This is my fault. The fight drained from my body. I collapsed against the floor, a tear streaming down my cheek as I closed my eyes and surrendered to the darkness.
