She shakes her head slowly. “No. No, I can’t. If I let it out, I’ll never stop. And you still need me inthere.”
“We’re close, Ariel,” I tell her, putting my hand on her shoulder. “We’re so f*****g close. And afterit’s done, you’ll be free.”
“Will I?” she asks, searching my face. “I’m not sure freedom exists anymore, Leo. Not for me. Not theway I once had it. These ghosts will haunt me forever. Pavel. Petyr. Logan. And if we succeed, Belovwill haunt me, too.”
“I won’t let him,” I say fiercely.
She looks at me and a smile flits over her lips. She’s managed to stave off the tears. But just barely.
She reaches up and cups the side of my face. “You remind me a lot of him, you know.”
“Do I?” I ask. “I didn’t think I was anything like him.”
“When you started this, no. But now… I can see it
