โRun,โ he whispered. โRun.โ โNo, Rand,โ I said, brushing the dirt from his face. โIโm tired of running.โ โForgive me, please.โ He clutched my hand as his eyes beseeched me through tears of pain. โYouโre forgiven.โ He sighed once, then stopped breathing. The shine in his brown eyes dulled. I pulled his hood over his head.
Maria V. SnyderDon't feel ashamed for having those feelings and those memories. What happened in the past can't be changed, but they can be a guide for what happens in the future.
Maria V. SnyderValek leaned back in his chair and said to me, โI donโt think I would have made it past the audition,Yelena. I probably would have set my hair on fire by this point.โ โWhatโs a singed head for the sake of art?โ I teased. He laughed.
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