— MARA |
I heard them fighting at midnight.
Voices. Loud. Angry. Coming from somewhere below my room.
I pressed my ear to the floor.
Couldn't make out words. Just tones.
One voice was Cassian's. Deep. Controlled. Lethal.
The other was a woman's. Sharp. Cold.
His mother.
I moved to the door. Unlocked now—he'd kept his word about that, at least after the phone incident.
Crept into the hallway.
The voices grew louder.
"—risking everything for her!"
"That's my choice."
"It's a stupid choice. She's making you weak."
"She's making me human."
"You were never meant to be human. You were meant to be a weapon."
Silence.
Then Cassian spoke. So quiet I almost missed it.
"I'm done being your weapon."
"You'll never be done. This is who you are. What I made you."
"What you broke."
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