Alex’s face filled with torment, and for the first time,
Lena really saw her mother. Not the
demon killing, bloodthirsty warrior, but a woman filled with doubt and fear and
guilt. “You don’t take any life without
dying a little inside, Lena. Even when
the life you end is an evil one.”
“You kill demonkind all the time.”
Alex bowed her head.
“I know. But in that case it’s
the same idea as killing Hitler to stop him from killing millions of
innocents. Killing one to save
many.” Drops fell from her eyes,
spilling over her clenched hands. She
was actually crying again, though her voice remained steady. “Once upon a time I killed demonkind
indiscriminately. Don’t think it doesn’t
haunt me to this very day. Who knows how
many of my victims were like you? Like
your father and Uncle Jacob?”
Lena had never realized the burden Alex had carried all her
life. It was a revelation to see that
the tough woman felt every bit as vulnerable as she. That she was in need of the same support that
Lena sought. Maybe needing even more.
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