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Just let go, Ashton.
Break your own chains.
Free yourself.
Ignoring every stationed soldier that I passed on my way to my quarters, I closed my bedroom door behind me and took a moment to soak in the silence.
Thud, thud, thud.
My heart beat violently in protest, unwilling to accept the fate my broken mind had decided.
In a sick way, I was glad to be back in this house. It seemed fitting to end my life in the home where it had started.
It won't be hard.
Just give in to the pain.
You'll be okay.
You won't feel a thing.
Letting my dressing gown fall from my shoulders, I moved straight for the window. With shaky hands, I pushed it open and hoisted my body onto the sill.
Breathing in the night air as it whipped against my face, I took a tentative step forward, bare feet finding purchase on the outside ledge.
This is on your own terms.
No more orders.
No more pain.
"Oh fuck," a familiar voice called out from the courtyard beneath me. "She's gonna jump!"
Yes.
Yes, I am.
"Get help," another voice commanded. "Get the boss man now, dammit!"
"Climb back in the window!"
"Get back inside!"
A shaky breath escaped my trembling lips and I lowered my hands to rest on my naked stomach.
Together.
No more men of The Order.
No more Crellids.
"We'll be together," I whispered, absorbing the twisted emotions rushing through my heart. "I promise."
"Don’t do this!"
"Don’t jump!"
Allowing my eyelids to flutter shut, I raised my arms up to the sky and smiled.
