You're better than I am, baby. Better than most people.
I'm not better. I'm just trying to be good. It's really hard.
The hardest things usually are.
That night, the Coalition Council met to discuss the prisoners. Some Alphas wanted execution. Others wanted life imprisonment. The debate was heated.
Luna sat quietly in the corner, listening. When asked her opinion, she spoke carefully.
I think they should rebuild what they tried to destroy. Make them work in the schools they attacked. Make them see that the students they terrorized learn and grow. Make them face what they almost killed every single day. Her voice was firm. That's harder than death. That's the actual consequence.
The room was silent.
That's remarkably cruel, Vincent finally said.
No. It's remarkably just, Catherine c
