GRACE POV
*trigger warning : suicide thoughts and more*
I knew why the Goddess had chosen me.
I had tried not to think about it for hours , pretending I could outrun the truth the way I had outrun every problem in my life before this moment, but standing in front of the guardian with its glowing, faceless judgment turned toward me like a spotlight on a criminal, I felt it settle over my skin with cold inevitability. Selene hadn’t come to me because I was strong or brave or magically prepared. She had picked me because I would make the one choice no one else could bear to make.
I would give myself up.
For Connor.
For his pack.
For the world that did not even know I existed until recently.
For every life that depended on the stone staying protected or being used the right way.
And I
