Camila's POV
I let the silence stretch between us like a blade. The truth was, I didn't know why I told him. Maybe I just wanted to see if it would affect him. Maybe I wanted to hear something I couldn't say to myself.
"You're wondering if staying with me was the right decision," he said finally.
He always did know how to cut to the bone.
"I'm wondering," I said slowly, "if I ever had any right decisions to begin with."
He didn't flinch. Didn't try to defend himself or lie. And maybe that's why I didn't walk away.
"I ruined your life," he said. "I broke it down piece by piece because I was told to. Because I believed in something that wasn't real. The Council made me into a monster… and I let them."
I looked at him.
"That's not exactly comforting."
"No. But it's the truth."
He turned to me then, his voice quieter.
