It wasn't supposed to happen like this. I was supposed to free him. I was supposed to save him. I was supposed to save everyone.

You are alive in me.

I feared my soul was dying, being replaced by the monster I would become.

The beast inside me has begun to surface.

It was hope that brought me love.

This-our love for each other-was the most sacred of things my hearts had ever known. And I was willing to do whatever it took to preserve it.