“Do you deny the truth of your nature?” the ferryman asked mildly. “Can’t you face what you are at your core?” “That isn’t me,” I denied. “I never wanted to do any of that. I had no choice. I had to protect the people who-” I was cut off as the vision in the water became my father again, his face set with self-loathing as he carved a hand through his dark hair, pacing before my mother. “I had no choice,” he said, a near pleading tone to his voice while Merissa looked at him like she didn’t know him at all. “They were threatening our kingdom. They were going to hurt the people I have sworn to
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