“I had no choice,” Lessia responded quietly. Raine’s head jerked up. “Of course you had a choice. Everything you’ve done in your young life has been the result of a choice, whether you believe it or not. I can see you think all things merely happened to you, but each heartbreak, every moment of pain, of happiness, of love, happened because of the paths you chose.” Tears burned behind her eyes. “I guess I chose all the wrong ones, then.”
