I’m already gone, Jessa said. You aren’t yet. Don’t leave me, he thought. I need you. No, Jessa responded, her voice already growing dim and distant. You don’t. He knew he’d never hear her voice in his head again. Just as he knew that she was right. It was Hannah he needed now. Hannah he needed to get to. It wasn’t just a mission anymore. Hadn’t been for a long time. His frozen heart thawing painfully, achingly slow, but thawing all the same. He cared for her. He cared for Charlotte. He had to get back to them. Wanted to get back to them, with every beat of his heart. He would crawl to her if
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