Chapter Seventeen
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Black“Have to is such an uncompromising declaration, it leaves no room for bargaining. There are so many other options to consider: might; should; possibly; could, they would have at least presented some flicker of hope.”
“An incorrect one,” Ragnar growled from his older brother's side.
Grella gave him the briefest glacial glance that chilled even my lost soul. It was with a look of gentle reservation that he set his gaze back upon me. “I have no wish to kill you, Jean, despite what you may think. However, taking Aurora from us was a mistake, an unforgivable mistake.”
“What makes you think I took her?”
“The fact that you now defend her, the cold reality of her having left and everything in between.”
“I see. Almost a whole week of reasons, then.”
“There or ther
