CITADEL
Her breath faltering, her face breaking with him.
Amara’s calm lingered on his sleeve, a sweetness that soothed, steady as sunlight through glass. He was grateful for her gentleness. But it was Abigail’s wildness that burned in him, her stubborn, reckless loyalty that made him want to claw out of the cage Makan had built.
He pressed his palms over his eyes, seeing sparks, but behind them it was always her, Abigail laughing under a leaking roof, Abigail glaring at him when he faltered, Abigail whispering come with us.
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