Chapter 103 A Reflection

• CADE
• “Thank you for doing this,” I said softly as soon as Arden was gone. “It means a lot to the both of us.”
• Bethany had just finished explaining the danger of everything—what the fight ahead would look like, what we could lose—but none of it compared to the fact that she had chosen to stand with us anyway. I met her gaze fully, filled with gratitude. “We wouldn’t be able to do any of this without you.”