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In all respects, Hagan had achieved his goal for revenge when Ryske died. What came after that? Was there relief? Release? Comfort? Contentment? She doubted it.
Harlow was lucky that she’d gotten Ryske back. But if she hadn’t, and she’d followed through with her plan to destroy Hagan, what would have happened after, even if she’d succeeded? What would’ve been left?
As a person, Hagan began to take on a new hue. It seemed that after achieving his goal he’d needed another opponent and seen her as a worthy one. Losing Anwen and eliminating the man he saw as responsible for her death would’ve left Hagan lost and aimless. Perhaps he’d been looking for a way to end his own hollow suffering and didn’t have the courage to end it himself.
Even in the face of her new understanding of his moti
