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Meg looked back towa

rd Cian and reached her hand out to bring

him into the circle Beck worried that he would refuse, but after a

’s

“You didn’t kill him because you had to save me,” Cian said

quietly “He was right there It wouldn’t have taken long”

“If I had taken even a moment, the secondary front would have

been on me,” Beck tried to explain He knew Cian would be upset that

he’d let their parents’ and sister’s killer live when he could have slain

him “I would have been too late It was selfish”

“No, it wasn’t,” Meg disagreed

“By saving Cian, I saved myself,” Beck replied simply

“No, brother,” Cian said, emotion thick in his voice “I don’t

believe it I was there, just as Meg was You didn’t want to lose all

that was me You value the person I am Goddess, Beck, I never knew