“Coward,” I snapped again. “I won’t damn this world because I’m scared and don’t think for a moment that I am not terrified. He is, and so are you, but it’s what we do when fear threatens to turn us numb that tells us who we are. It tells me exactly who you are that every time things get hard, you give up or lie or run away.” Elianna scoffed and folded her arms. She shook her head and lifted her chin, trying and failing to look the part of the prestigious council member she used to be. “I may be a coward, but at least I’ll be alive. This?” She pointed toward the medallion. “This is suicide.”
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