Paper And Fire (The Great Library)
“Burned in Alexandria on departure.
I know how this will sound, but Jess—my brother—and I, we’ve never been right. It’s as if we compete for the same breaths even out of the womb, and he’s always been just a little bigger, a little stronger, a little older. I’ve always run just a half step behind in his shadow, and God knows there have been times when I hated him just for existing. Like he’s stolen something from me.
So how can that excuse what I’m doing to Neksa? I don’t know. Maybe bec...ause Jess has to be the hero, I have to be the villain. The dark to his light. Or maybe I’m just trying, for once, to prove that I’m better at something than he is, even if that something is cruelty. Leaves a bloody taste in my mouth and ashes in my stomach every time I think what could happen—no, will happen—to Neksa if all this comes off. She’s just a key to a lock, is all. That’s what I keep telling myself. Access to the Archivist himself—isn’t that worth any cost, any price?MoreLess
I know how this will sound, but Jess—my brother—and I, we’ve never been right. It’s as if we compete for the same breaths even out of the womb, and he’s always been just a little bigger, a little stronger, a little older. I’ve always run just a half step behind in his shadow, and God knows there have been times when I hated him just for existing. Like he’s stolen something from me.
So how can that excuse what I’m doing to Neksa? I don’t know. Maybe bec...ause Jess has to be the hero, I have to be the villain. The dark to his light. Or maybe I’m just trying, for once, to prove that I’m better at something than he is, even if that something is cruelty. Leaves a bloody taste in my mouth and ashes in my stomach every time I think what could happen—no, will happen—to Neksa if all this comes off. She’s just a key to a lock, is all. That’s what I keep telling myself. Access to the Archivist himself—isn’t that worth any cost, any price?MoreLess
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