I do not know where I found my own will to resist it. Possibly it was because I had paused and focused myself on Verity for an instant, and seen all that the world would lose if he ceased to exist as himself. Whatever the source of my strength, I pitted it against his. I threw myself into his path but he walked through me. There was nothing to me, here. ‘Verity, please, stop, wait!’ I cried and flung myself at him, a furious feather on the wind. I had no effect on him. He didn’t even pause. ‘Someone has to do it,’ he said quietly. Three steps later he added, ‘For a time, I hoped it would not
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