Between Breathe And Goodbye
It stopped directly in front of her, close enough that Eva could smell it—not the antiseptic and lilies, but something deeper, something that smelled like the inside of a mouth that had been clenched shut for too long, like the breath of someone who had been holding in a scream for years.
"But that's not how this works," the mimic whispered. "You know that. You've always known that. The only way to pass this trial is to admit what you've spent seven years trying to drown in studying, in serving, in praying, in *saving*. You have to say it out loud, Eva. You have to finally *say* it."
"Say what?" Eva's voice came out barely audible, a scratch against the vastne
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