No matter what happens, he stands there like an unmoving mountain, forever in control and unperturbed. It’s almost inhuman. I wish I could see the version of him where, according to Karina, Anna, and even Rai, he was a ghost of himself after I was gone. I wish I could stop trembling when he touches me. I wish I could…just make him disappear and not miss him. “Why didn’t you tell me about Makar?” he asks instead of answering my earlier question. “Why is it important?” “Let me think. Because of the fact that I have a f*****g traitor in my ranks? Thanks to you, he might’ve already fled.” “So it’s my fault now?” “Just stop it. Stop trying to invent a fight and drive a deeper wedge between us. For once, stop f*****g running.” Easier said than done when my flight trigger is awakened. In

