Bri waited to speak until Lina opened her eyes again. She held Lina's midnight gaze as she whispered, "I won't let anything happen to you. I promise you that."
"Of all the people I shouldn't believe, it's you." Lina yawned, her eyes fluttering closed again. "But I do believe you, for what it's worth, enemy or no."
"I'm not your enemy," Bri whispered, her eyes drifting closed.
"No." Lina's voice grew distant, the undertow of sleep pulling on her every word. "But neither are you my ally. You are something entirely your own, Briata Catullus. I just wish I knew what."
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