Chapter Thirty-One
I can’t bring myself to regret the path I’ve chosen. Even after the sacrifices I’ve made and the lives I’ve taken have been tallied, I still believe the good I’m doing will be worth the cost.
But if the skies were to open and give me the chance, I wouldn’t choose to bring you on this journey with me.
The pain I’ve endured. The blood that will never wash off my hands. I could never ask you to carry those burdens.
I will gladly wade through blood and become a monster to put an end to the Incorporation’s reign of terror, but how horrible a demon would I be if I dragged you along my path? Can a monster who sacrifices the soul of someone they care for to make themselves a little less lonely even hope for redemption?
Even as I miss you, I am glad you’re far out of reach a
