“My immediate relatives are part of research and development,” he continues. “Camp Merethyl is a different branch of the family, and I haven’t spoken to anyone about you or your father. I don’t plan to.” “Stop,” I beg him. My eyes shut, lashes damp. “I’ve never been there,” he keeps going. It’s strung with his own tautness, winding through him the same way my anxiety is winding through me, tighter and tighter, gearing up to snap. “My family has had its hands in it for generations, but none of them send their children there, and if that doesn’t say everything there is to say about how cruel and
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I really need to know what happened to him there and also in general what bad thing every mc thinks is going to happen if they get vulnerable with a love interest. Elethior is going above and beyond to make Sebastian feel he's in a safe space. What's wrong with a little pity??? It makes you look weak??? Why does everyone always think that?!?!
