His voice steadied into something final.
"You can't undo your past. You can't change yourself from a demon. But you can change everything from this moment forward. You can write your own fate and tell the gods to stay the hell out of your affairs."
He withdrew his hand.
"Now tell me, Lilith. What will you do?"
She thought. For what felt like an eternity within this mindscape. Every memory. Every fear. Every chain rattling against her skin. Every moment that had brought her here.
Then she gathered her courage. Drew it from somewhere deep. Somewhere she had forgotten existed.
"I'll fight."
Jax said "Fight who?"
"Myself."
Jax smiled. The kind of smile that said he had been waiting for exactly that answer.
She continued. Her voice growing steadier with every word.
"And I won't lose. I will control this power. And let it decide whether it wants to burn on its own instead of controlling me, or sit down and watch while I act on my own terms."
