head, and placed her hands on her thighs. “I come to you for guidance, knowing I do not deserve any. But I do not know what to do.” Silence. She expected nothing else. She shut her eyes and let out a breath. “I love the man who desires to destroy my people—the people you have given me. I love the monster who has done terrible things and seeks to do more. And I do not know how to live without the creature who wishes to destroy two worlds in his wrath. I find myself caught between mercy and love, and I do not know which I can sacrifice and still wake each morning.”
