Kian I give my son to Margo and follow Nara. I understand that she loves her father, that they have a special connection, and that she wants to save him, but Josiah Adalwolf is unsavable. I track her scent to the waterfalls. She's sitting at the edge of the rift. "I don't want company," she says without turning to look at me. I sit beside her, and she snaps her head to glare at me. "Kian, please," her voice shakes. A tear rolls down her cheek, and she wipes it away before I can. We are silent for a long time until she breaks it. "We were happy as a family." She pauses. "Our house was warm, and happiness radiated every day." I hold her hand, and sparks fly through my arm. "I'm sorry things are as they are now. You deserve better." "I don't want my father to die, and I know I've been

