The weight of everything settled heavily in my chest, but instead of crushing me, it only solidified my resolve. If I had spent countless lifetimes trapped in this cycle of death and rebirth, then I wasn’t going to spend another one waiting for fate to catch up with me. I was done being passive. If there was even the slightest chance of breaking the curse, I needed to start taking action.
“We can’t just sit here,” I said, standing up. My voice wavered slightly, but I ignored it. “If this curse is real, and at this point, I’d be an i***t to deny it... then we need to figure out how to stop it.”
Cassian, who had been watching me carefully, nodded in approval. “Agreed. But we need to be smart about this. Charging into the unknown without a plan is a good way to get ourselves killed.”
Lucas
