Eve searched his face desperate to find a glimmer of the boy she knew behind this heavy title he was carrying.
“ can I ask who lost, Mark ?
because you’re looking at me like I’m already gone…”
Eve’s heart did a painful somersault within her chest.
her anger was there;
it was her armor—but seeing him tremble like that and hearing the raw, jagged edge in his voice was starting to crack it.
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“ the Mark I know—the one from here;
he fought so hard in this crater to stay human.
to stay 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝. ifthere's even a piece of him left in you, you need to breathe. just breathe and listen to my voice, ”
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