"Repaying a debt?" Ezekiel asked.
"Is this because of what happened five years ago? I already told you, you don't have to. What you did for us was already enough. And yes… I can't deny that you saved me from death. But this is enough. I shouldn't drag you into this—"
"No, please, let me do this!" she interrupted. "I promise I'll never betray you. I'll do my best to help you prove your innocence."
The desperation in her voice surprised even herself. Her hands clenched slightly as if afraid he would stand up and walk away if she didn't say everything right now.
I can't just leave him alone. What if something happens to him again while I'm not around?
The memory of him lying motionless in the dungeon flashed across her mind, his body covered in blood, his breathing barely there.
Her chest tightened.
Please… I don't want him to face all of that alone again, Viola added silently in her mind.
