“Killing him?” The woman laughs, and even that is beautiful, in a grating, shimmering way, like discordant wind chimes. “I would never kill him.” She glances down at Rhen. I don’t see her move, but he jerks and makes a low keening sound, then coughs more blood into the dirt. I had no idea she would be like this.
This is the first time Harper realizes everything Rhen is going through to help his people, and it broke my heart to write it.
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