“You think I should just let them kill you?” he yelled back. “Just because of who your mother was?” I fought to choke back the tears that stung in my eyes. “Anyone else would! So why? Why do you keep doing this? I deserve to know!” He looked at me like it was the stupidest question in the world. I heard him curse under his breath. “You’d do the same for me, wouldn’t you?” I stared at him. He’d answered my dumb question with another dumb question. “Yes.” He pointed at me accusingly. “That’s why. You understand that this isn’t just a contest to see who can be better between you and me, who can
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