The House of Ash and Guilt
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Standing before my tablet, he spoke—his voice hoarse and halting.
"Eli... I... I wronged you."
There was a tremor in his voice. A flicker of guilt.
I thought—finally. Finally, he was going to repent. Finally, he would admit what he'd done.
But then he kept talking. And what he said next turned my ghost to ice.
"But... but if you hadn't dragged Matthew to that crowded carnival that night... if you'd just watched him more carefully, the way a good older brother should... none of this would've happened. At the end of the day, Eli, it all still comes back to you."