He let out a slightly choked sound that might have been a laugh. "Swore to take responsibility for my own actions. Signed a contract and everything. This is part of that. I took her in, knowing full goddamn well it wouldn't last. Dunno what I was even thinking, honestly."
Amber eyes, boring into his own. I have a daughter. Please-
He'd sold his soul to Shido. He'd pulled the trigger. Maybe some of that- most, of that- blood was on Shido's hands.
But he'd still made his choices.
"I'll need to... arrange something. Someplace she can go and feel safe. Can't imagine she'll want to stay, afterwards."
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He let out a slightly choked sound that might have been a laugh. "Swore to take responsibility for my own actions. Signed a contract and everything. This is part of that. I took her in, knowing full goddamn well it wouldn't last. Dunno what I was even thinking, honestly."
Amber eyes, boring into his own. I have a daughter. Please-
He'd sold his soul to Shido. He'd pulled the trigger. Maybe some of that- most, of that- blood was on Shido's hands.
But he'd still made his choices.
"I'll need to... arrange something. Someplace she can go and feel safe. Can't imagine she'll want to stay, afterwards."