One dead by my hand, and countless others who might as well have been. Two terrible mistakes I would have to live with for the rest of my long life. Mistakes I couldn’t let Leo become. “Mael, seriously, you can’t kick me out of this.” His magic flickered like sunlight on the ocean’s waves, desperate and confused and searching. “This is my sister’s death, it’s Remy’s mom. Fuck, don’t you care about that at all?” I care about you, I wanted to say. “It’s too dangerous.”
