All of this could’ve maybe been avoided if he had only pulled the trigger when he’d had Ethan in his sights back in Cairo all those years ago at the end of the Thirty-Day War. But if he had, he never would’ve known Jono or Sage or Wade. Never would’ve gained a pack and a family. Patrick would’ve remained alone, and he wondered, right then, if maybe it hadn’t only been shock that had stayed his finger on the trigger, but fate. If there was one sure thing he’d learned over the years, it was you couldn’t outrun fate.
