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I knohere these words lead They gavein theover me That is how this will end

"You may have lost all you love, Harmony I’m sorry for that But my family is still in a ry My wife’s dream was about a better world Not a bloodier one" I stand "Noant to talk to Ares"

Silence lies heavy upon the room

"Give us a moment" Harmony looks at Mickey and Evey She watches Mickey stand reluctantly He pauses, as if to say so Harmony’s eyes on hi," he says si close to Harmony "I can help with him"

Harmony touches her hip "Ares wouldn’t allow it"

"After what I did today … don’t you trust me? I’m not like the rest"

"I trust you, asI can’t share with you" She kisses Evey softly on the lips "Go"

Evey pauses at the door, looking back at me "We’re not your enemies, Darrow You have to know that"

The door clicks shut behind her and we’re left alone in Mickey’s office

"Does she know?" I ask

"Knohat?"

"That you sent her on a suicide mission"

"No She’s not like us She trusts"

"And you’d sacrifice her?"

"I’d sacrifice any of us to kill a Peerless Scarred All we get are worthless Pixies and Bronzies I want the real tyrants"

"You’re using her worse than Mickey ever did"

"She has a choice," Harestures for me to do the same "Dancer may be dead, but Ares has a plan for you"

"No No I’h others I’ve sacrificed three years of my life for him I want to see his face"

"Impossible"