Chapter 207\u00a0<\/p>\n
Athena\u2019s POV\u00a0<\/p>\n
No.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The word comes out of me like a scream. I\u2019m on my feet before I even realize I\u2019m moving, my chair scraping against the floor su fet\u00a0<\/p>\n
jump.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, Tristan. Absolutely not. I won\u2019t let you do this.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
But he\u2019s already standing too, and there\u2019s this calm look on his face that makes my panic worse. Like he\u2019s already decided and nothing I may in going t\u00a0<\/p>\n
change his mind..\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAthena, listen to me\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo!\u201d I step back from him, my hands shaking so hard I can barely control them. \u201cYou can\u2019t ask me to do this. You can\u2019t ask me to risk killing you.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019m not asking you to risk anything. I\u2019m asking you to save me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
His words don\u2019t make sense. How is me potentially killing him saving him? How is putting himself in danger helping anyone?\u00a0<\/p>\n
I look around the room, desperate for someone to back me up. Someone has to see how crazy this is. Someone has to tell him this is a terrible idea.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Orion,\u201d I say, turning to my brother. \u201cTell him he\u2019s being stupid. Tell him this won\u2019t work.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Orion doesn\u2019t say anything. He\u2019s looking at Tristan with this expression I can\u2019t read. Not agreement exactly, but not disagreement either.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSarah?\u201d I try again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sarah bites her bottom lip and looks down at her hands. She won\u2019t meet my eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Derek?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Derek closes his book slowly and sighs. \u201cIt\u2019s not the worst plan we\u2019ve come up with.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you all insane?\u201d My voice cracks. \u201cHe could die. He will die. This isn\u2019t some game we\u2019re playing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I know exactly what this is,\u201d Tristan says quietly. \u201cAnd I know the risks.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why would you even suggest it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Because I can\u2019t watch you live like this anymore.\u201d His voice gets stronger. \u201cI can\u2019t watch you be afraid of yourself. I can\u2019t watch you pull away from everyone who loves you because you\u2019re scared of what might happen.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The tears I\u2019ve been holding back start to fall. \u201cAnd you think dying is better?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I think having a chance at a normal life is better. For both of us.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I shake my head so hard it makes me dizzy. \u201cThere has to be another way. We can find someone who\u2019s already dying. Someone who has nothing to lose.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
C\u00a0<\/p>\n
O\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
11:05 Mon, Jan 12 Q10)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 207\u00a0<\/p>\n
the who istanacks. \u201cWho are we going to ask to volunta\u00f0i for this? Whos going to tron you though to let vir my shorjan darke lan v+::693\u00a0<\/p>\n
I open in mouth but no words come out. He\u2019s tight and 1 hate him for it\u00a0<\/p>\n
*Besides, he continues, it has to be someone you care about. Someone you\u2019re desperate to save. The power responds to your emoting, Fight? to came out when you were scared for our death before. It Il come out when you\u2019re trying to save me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The logic makes sense in a horrible twisted way. But that doesn\u2019t make it any less terrifying.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHow?\u201d I whisper. \u201cHow would we even do this?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tristan looks at Orion. \u201cYou\u2019d have to stab me with a silver knife. One I can\u2019t heal from. Maybe mixed with wolfsbane.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My legs give out. I sink back into my chair and put my head in my hands. \u201cYou\u2019re talking about murder. You\u2019re asking my brother to murder you.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019m asking him to help us save your life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
By ending yours!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly temporarily,\u201d Tristan says like it\u2019s the most reasonable thing in the world. \u201cI trust that you\u2019ll bring me back.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The confidence in his voice makes me want to scream. How can he be so sure about something I have no control over? How can he trust me with his life\u00a0<\/p>\n
when I can\u2019t even trust myself with a coffee cup?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat if I can\u2019t? I look up at him through my tears. \u201cWhat if I try and nothing happens? What if the power doesn\u2019t work that way? What if you die and\u00a0<\/p>\n
stay dead?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThen at least we tried.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s not good enough!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has to be.\u201d His voice gets softer. \u201cAthena, this is the only choice we have. If dying means I can save you, then so be it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The room goes quiet except for the sound of me crying. Everyone\u2019s looking at me like they\u2019re waiting for me to agree to this insane plan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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