-Helena-
We weren’t going anywhere. We were just so stuck. I had been elated when Wylder had agreed to the three-day here and three-day there schedule, with the option to switch on the last day. He had seemed open and willing. But then Killian pointed out something crucial: they lacked trust.
Without trust, this system wouldn’t work because they would just constantly suspect each other of wanting to keep me. They wouldn’t hand me over when the time came, and I understood their fear.
But I wanted us all to make it work. If we didn’t, I wasn’t sure what would happen then. Would we remain at an impasse forever, frozen in time? That wouldn’t do. We had to figure it out. So, I played the most powerful card I had.
Yes, it had a manipulative aspect to it, but I needed to force those two to fi
