Chapter Twenty
Needless to say, my parents weren’t exactly thrilled when I suggested that I sacrifice myself to save Raphael.
“You don’t know if that will do any good,” my mother argued. “They could take you and keep Raphael as well.”
“Then at least we’d be together,” I said. “You just said it yourself — they need one of us to make sure no one lets the world know what they’re really like. Raphael and I are soul-bonded. It needs to be me. Not anyone else.”
“He would never allow you to make such a sacrifice,” my father said. The finality in his tone only made me grit my teeth.
“That’s not his decision to make,” I retorted. “It’s mine.” In a way, I was almost relieved to have pushed myself to this point. I hadn’t accomplished a lot in my life so far, but I could save Raphael. Maybe that
