“If I had just been a child, Raoul would have executed me without a second thought. Being a tool gave me the chance to live.” He said this so simply. I hated how deeply I understood it. Because from the moment Atroxus chose me at eight years old, I’d had a function to fulfill, too. And like Asar, without it, I would have been thrown away. It was hard to question what kept you alive, even if it did terrible things with the life it gave you.
