At some point, he was going to realize there simply was no making this better.
"And then I left him, because I couldn't be what he wanted me to be, and there was supposed to be a war happening, for the bunker." Octavia doubted she needed to explain why a war had called to her more than the farm. And she didn't want to explain the particulars of her leaving.
Because she didn't want to think about Ilian's stunned face when he'd found her with three mangled corpses at her feet.
"But when I got to Polis, there wasn't a war. Instead, there was the conclave. And Ilian, who'd said there was no point in fighting at the end of the world, turned up to represent Trishanakru."
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"And then I left him, because I couldn't be what he wanted me to be, and there was supposed to be a war happening, for the bunker." Octavia doubted she needed to explain why a war had called to her more than the farm. And she didn't want to explain the particulars of her leaving.
Because she didn't want to think about Ilian's stunned face when he'd found her with three mangled corpses at her feet.
"But when I got to Polis, there wasn't a war. Instead, there was the conclave. And Ilian, who'd said there was no point in fighting at the end of the world, turned up to represent Trishanakru."