“I did what I had to so that you stayed alive,” Setsuna said in a voice that was flat and leached of all emotion. “By changing my name, boarding me at an Academy, and sending me off to the Citadel to prepare me for the Mage Corps. You hid me from Ethan because the gods told you to.” “I supported you.” Patrick kept his eyes on the road, ignoring the way his stomach twisted in his gut. “Maybe. But a house doesn’t make a home if you’re a burden to the people in it.”
