168. You Won't Understand...
Sitting next to Saelia in the pitch blackness of her room, I stared at her blindly.

“That’s not true!” The incredulous response from my heart bypassed my brain and rushed straight out of my mouth. “Mark doesn’t know shit!”

“No, he does…”

Frustrated anger simmered in me. It threatened to boil over at the way she was talking about herself, but I managed to stifle the urge to righteously dismiss the ridiculous claims. Instead, I attacked the root of the problem.

“What happened in New Venice is the reason you won’t use your Scorcher magic, right?”

Wimpers leaked from her as her effort to control her voice wavered. “Yes…”

“It’s the reason you feel like this?”

“Yes…”

“Alright, tell me what happened. I’ll tell you after if I think you’re a monster or not.”

“Please… Don’t make me do this…”

My heart tensed at the quivering fear in her exhausted voice, but I pressed forward. “I don’t think you’re a monster… but this seems to be the only way I can think of to convince you of it.”

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