"A second chance?" Seth's voice cracked, a fragile sound in the tense air. His eyes, usually so steady, were now wide with a fear that mirrored my own. Uncertainty clawed at his features, his brows slightly quivering as he whispered, "You… Do you remember this life? You've lived it before?"
I shook my head, a violent tremor wracking my body. My vision swam, tears blurring the edges of everything. "Not just me," I rasped, the words torn from my throat, "Ama… she's been through this, too."
Sophia's voice was a whip, cracking across the silence. Her eyes were now ice, sharp and accusing. "So you knew? All of it? The inevitable end of us?"
"No!" The word burst from me, a sob escaping with it. "It wasn't supposed to happen like this. She altered fate… Ama took your path this time, and filled it with nothing but beauty, shouldering all the pain, all the darkness."
