Chapter 220
“They are wonderful. I tell her. And they would care about you too if you gave them the chance.
Then I take a deep breath and tell her about the most important person of all.
“And there’s Tristan, 1 say, and my voice gets softer, more gentle. “Tristan is the person I love more than anything in the world. He’s brave and furry
and kind, and he makes me feel like I’m worth something even when I don’t believe it myself.
The little girl watches my face as I talk about Tristan, and I can see her absorbing every word.
‘He loves me so much that he was willing to die just to give me a chance to meet you, I continue. “He knew how much pain you were in, even when I
didn’t understand it myself.”
Her expression changes to one of confusion and guilt. “He wanted to die?
“No,” I say quickly, squeezing her hand again. “He didn’t want to die. But he was willing to risk it because he knew you needed help.
He knew you were trapped and scared and alone, and he was willing to sacrifice himself to make it possible for us to have this conversation.”
“I hurt him,” she whispers, and fresh tears start falling down her cheeks. “I was trying to take his life away. I was killing him.”
“You were scared,” I remind her gently. “You didn’t know any other way to respond. But now you know better. Now you know that he’s not trying to hurt
you or lock you away. He’s trying to help you, just like I am.”
She nods slowly, beginning to understand, but the guilt is still written all over her face.
“Is he really dead?” she asks in a small voice.
“I don’t know, I admit. “But we can find out together. We can try to help him.”
“Would you like to help him?” I ask. “Would you like to give back what you took?”
‘I don’t know how,‘ she says, but there’s hope in her voice now instead of just despair. “I’ve never tried to give life before. I’ve only ever taken it.”
“I can show you,” I promise. “But first, you have to come with me. You have to leave this dark place and let me help you learn new things.”
She looks around at the endless blackness surrounding us, at the place that’s been her prison for so many years.
“This is the only place I’ve ever known,” she says, and I can hear the fear in her voice.
‘I know,” I say gently. “But there’s so much more than this. There’s sunlight and laughter and people who will love you if you let them. There’s warmth
and happiness and all sorts of beautiful things.”
“What if I hurt them?” she asks, and the fear in her voice breaks my heart. “What if I can’t control myself and I take their life away?”
“Then we’ll figure it out together,” I promise. “I won’t abandon you or try to lock you away like everyone else did. I’ll teach you how to control your
power so you only use to help people.”
She stares at me for a long moment, searching my face for any sign that I might be lying or that I might change my mind later.
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“You really promise? she asks finally,
I promise,” I say, and 1
hold out my other hand to her. “Will
you
come with me? Will you let me help you?”
This time, she takes both
of my
hands without hesitation.
The moment our fingers touch, the darkness
breaking after the longest
around us
begins
to brighten. It’s not sudden
or jarring, but
a gradual lightening
that feels like dawn
night.
“How do I
help him? she asks as the world starts to shift and change
around us.
Think about giving instead of taking.” tell her. “Think about all the life force you pulled from him and imagine pushing it back. Think about love and
healing and making things better instead of worse.”
she’s
I can feel her concentrating, feel her trying to
trying with everything she has.
reverse
what she
did. It’s not easy for her, going against every instinct she’s developed
over the
years, but
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Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.
