"No," I said again, but this time with conviction behind it.
The Whisperer paused. "What?"
"I reject your choice. Both options. I'm not choosing between Andrea and my mission because there's a third option you didn't account for."
Shadow-Andrea tilted its head and studied me. "There is no third option. We've been through this already."
"Yes there is." I gathered my fragmented consciousness back together, pulling the scattered pieces of my awareness into one coherent whole. "You assumed I'd either kill you or give up. But there's something else I can do."
I focused my power and felt it respond despite how weak I'd become. My Kaelix abilities flowing through me in this mental space.
"I can unbind you from Andrea's soul."
The Whisperer went still. For the first time since I'd entered t
