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I settled aveto check in with Bria, and left

"Finn told ic "What you did to Salina "

"I killed her, Jo-Jo She was down for the count, but I went ahead and killed her anyway - even though Owen asked me not to "

In a flat, dull voice, I told the dwarf everything, starting with Owen leavingout her plan to ood All the while, the dorked herat alltheht

It was nothing compared to the ache in my heart

Finally, the dwarf finished healing ic faded from her eyes, and she looked at me once more

"It was an awful choice you had toBut Oouldn't have wanted Eva to be a killer Not like that "

"No, he wouldn't have, and I was trying to protect Eva from that " I let out a breath "But part of me killed Salina because I wanted to, Jo-Jo Because she was a threat to me and Owen, and not just physically I didn't want to lose hi anyway "

She nodded "Maybe that's what it feels like now, but we both know Fletcher trained you better than that, Gin He ht you to respect his code, your code You don't kill for the pleasure of it - you do what you have to in order to survive Nothing et broken, and nothing and nobody will ain Some of them even enjoy what they beco do you think it would have been before she made another run at you? Or Eva? Or even Owen?"

Jo-Jo was right, but that didn't make me feel any better It didn't heal this rift between me and Owen

"She would have killed one of you sooner or later," Jo-Jo continued "And then hoould Owen feel? He's already full of guilt that he didn't realize what she was doing to Eva and that he believed her lies about Phillip If you'd let Salina live, and she'd hurt any one of you, Oould have felt even guiltier that he didn't kill her when he had the chance It would have eaten hi left "

I didn't say anything I didn't know there was anything left of me and Owen

Jo-Jo's eyes clouded over, as though she was peering into the future "Don't worry, darling It ht in the end You'll see "

She pattedup I sat in the chair and thought about her words

But try as I s would ever be the saain