Regret....
It hit Willow like a slow, sinking tide. Thick and heavy, dragging her under. She was swimming in it, every breath stinging with the weight of her own mistakes... her own stupidity.
She should have seen this coming. She should have known Sylas was an obstacle. No, the obstacle. Far worse than Ezrik ever was.
He wanted Nex-9. And though he claimed he wouldn't hurt her, she knew he would if he ever discovered what Nex-9 really was. Because then, the truth would unravel... and her connection to Doctor Riven Callis would be undeniable.
A bitter laugh rose in her throat, but she swallowed it down. No one would believe that she was Riven, reborn, hidden beneath another name, another body, another life. It sounded insane, even to her. But it was real.
And now it was happening all over again. Her ideas, her work were going to be twisted into something brutal. Something monstrous.
Not this time.
This time, she would stop it.
Even if it meant killing Sylas.
