I should have known that this first labor was only the beginning of the torture that lay behind the Labors of Damus. There is an old proverb or saying that said something along the lines of it is better to have love and lost than never to have loved at all. I think whoever said that was either drunk or an i***t. I had decided that shortly after going through the heartache of the second labor. Walker and I had stared at the statue of the second labor, and we stared at the door for a long time. I didn’t know what was going to happen. From what Walker had said, when we were separated was when my double had come out of the door and dragged me into it. He wondered if this was specifically to test me. “After the last ordeal I kind of don’t want to do the test by myself.” I said. “And I don’t

