(Samuel) I am slowly feeling more and more like myself. I have been having less nightmares but knowing that he wants to fight to the death with Jace has been complicating everything. “Do you want to get dinner tonight?” “Like… go out for dinner?” I respond. “Yeah. Why not?” “Um, sure. Let’s do it.” I think I know why he’s acting this way. He’s really happy that I’m ok and feeling better, but he is trying to distract me and avoid talking about the reality of everything about to happen. In two days, he fights Jace… to the death. He told me how Jace tried to cancel the fight. I begged him to agree, but I know he wants to avenge me. Dinner was really good. It was weird. Carson wore a dress shirt and a tie! It’s the first time I have ever seen him dress nicely.

