“I see you, Aefe.” My words slowed. My consciousness was fading. “You can do more than destroy. You can be more than death.” This would be either the best or the worst decision I would ever make. I reached into my pocket and closed my fingers around those shards of alabaster. Change. People could change. I pressed them into Aefe’s hands. “End it,” I rasped. “Fix what has been broken. Make something more.” Those enormous violet eyes flicked to me, first wide with confusion, then bright with anger. She snatched the shards from me and stood abruptly. “Stupid child,” she hissed. “You have always
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