“I told you to go,” I said, and even as the words left my lips, I knew they were an understatement. I’d forced him out. I was grieving the lives lost in Sarlazai, horrified by myself and the creature that lived inside me, heartbroken by Nura’s betrayal. And I let all of that consume me until I was cruel and selfish and fucking stupid. I just wanted to be alone. Well. I got my wish, didn’t I.





