Chapter 207
Athena’s POV
No.
The word comes out of me like a scream. I’m on my feet before I even realize I’m moving, my chair scraping against the floor su fet
jump.
“No, Tristan. Absolutely not. I won’t let you do this.”
But he’s already standing too, and there’s this calm look on his face that makes my panic worse. Like he’s already decided and nothing I may in going t
change his mind..
“Athena, listen to me…”
“No!” I step back from him, my hands shaking so hard I can barely control them. “You can’t ask me to do this. You can’t ask me to risk killing you.
‘I’m not asking you to risk anything. I’m asking you to save me.”
His words don’t make sense. How is me potentially killing him saving him? How is putting himself in danger helping anyone?
I look around the room, desperate for someone to back me up. Someone has to see how crazy this is. Someone has to tell him this is a terrible idea.
‘Orion,” I say, turning to my brother. “Tell him he’s being stupid. Tell him this won’t work.”
But Orion doesn’t say anything. He’s looking at Tristan with this expression I can’t read. Not agreement exactly, but not disagreement either.
“Sarah?” I try again.
Sarah bites her bottom lip and looks down at her hands. She won’t meet my eyes.
‘Derek?”
Derek closes his book slowly and sighs. “It’s not the worst plan we’ve come up with.”
“Are you all insane?” My voice cracks. “He could die. He will die. This isn’t some game we’re playing.”
I know exactly what this is,” Tristan says quietly. “And I know the risks.”
“Then why would you even suggest it?”
‘Because I can’t watch you live like this anymore.” His voice gets stronger. “I can’t watch you be afraid of yourself. I can’t watch you pull away from everyone who loves you because you’re scared of what might happen.”
The tears I’ve been holding back start to fall. “And you think dying is better?”
‘I think having a chance at a normal life is better. For both of us.”
I shake my head so hard it makes me dizzy. “There has to be another way. We can find someone who’s already dying. Someone who has nothing to lose.”
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I open in mouth but no words come out. He’s tight and 1 hate him for it
*Besides, he continues, it has to be someone you care about. Someone you’re desperate to save. The power responds to your emoting, Fight? to came out when you were scared for our death before. It Il come out when you’re trying to save me.
The logic makes sense in a horrible twisted way. But that doesn’t make it any less terrifying.
“How?” I whisper. “How would we even do this?”
Tristan looks at Orion. “You’d have to stab me with a silver knife. One I can’t heal from. Maybe mixed with wolfsbane.”
My legs give out. I sink back into my chair and put my head in my hands. “You’re talking about murder. You’re asking my brother to murder you.
I’m asking him to help us save your life.”
By ending yours!”
“Only temporarily,” Tristan says like it’s the most reasonable thing in the world. “I trust that you’ll bring me back.”
The confidence in his voice makes me want to scream. How can he be so sure about something I have no control over? How can he trust me with his life
when I can’t even trust myself with a coffee cup?
“What if I can’t? I look up at him through my tears. “What if I try and nothing happens? What if the power doesn’t work that way? What if you die and
stay dead?”
“Then at least we tried.”
“That’s not good enough!”
“It has to be.” His voice gets softer. “Athena, this is the only choice we have. If dying means I can save you, then so be it.”
The room goes quiet except for the sound of me crying. Everyone’s looking at me like they’re waiting for me to agree to this insane plan.
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Heather Hudson
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So is she ever gonna talk about her guilty conscience about what her ex said about Tristan’s previous mate?
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