Learning how to think in the midst of fear is a lesson that everyone needs to learn.
Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you," I say. "Controlling you is.
I don't want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.
This is what I wanted most to avoid: for my rises and falls to become Tobias's rises and falls. That's why I can't let him step in to defend me now.
I am still the person who would have died rather than kill you
You know I'm getting a little tired of waiting for you to catch on.