I headed for the door, but Xavier called out to stop me before I could pull the door wide. “Darius never gave up on you, you know that right?” “What?” I breathed, the mixture of confusing emotions I felt towards his brother rising up in me again at the mere mention of his name. “I just thought you should know. All the time Father had you, he spent every single minute searching for you, fighting back against the Nymphs, letting Darcy burn him half to death with Phoenix fire just to try and remove the shadows from his body so that he could challenge Father without Clara being able to stop him.
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