"All of your assumptions about him are wrong," Ellio continued, his voice steady despite the exhaustion written across his face. "He may not be the kindest person in Acadia but he has a heart."
His gaze drifted into the distance, as if recalling everything Damascus had done for him.
"If he didn't care, if he truly didn't care about any of you, he would never have helped me save everyone."
A faint smile tugged at Ellio's lips. “Although it took me a lot of persuasion and a lot of crying, he lent me a hand and came back for you guys."
Ellio had seen the side of Damascus that almost no one else had.
The guardian was terrible at expressing his emotions. His words were often cold, his face unreadable, and his actions easily misunderstood.
But beneath that distant exterior was someone who
