MINE TO OWN
“No. But I think you’re the only one who could break it.”
He stood slowly, pain flickering across his face as he reached for the cane. “Remember this, Zane. If you ever become more danger than benefit…” He smiled faintly, humorless. “I won’t hesitate.”
Zane held that stare.
“I wouldn’t expect you to.”
Zane found Joana in the greenhouse where she seemed to always be.
She was crouched beside a low stone bench, her hands dirty with soil, sleeves rolled up past her elbows. She looked calm almost normal, if not for the sharp contrast of her silver bracelet sparkling against her wrist, the one with the Dostoevsky crest carved into the band.
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