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“You were trying to protect your sisters,” I help him out. “There’s no shame in that, Jace. You have nothing to feel bad about. Not a goddamn thing, do you understand?”

“But… I did a bad thing. So many times.”

“No—you did what you had to do to survive.” Maybe Nora did, too. I push that thought away and focus on the tremulous eight-year-old. “Thanks for trusting me with this, kid. That takes courag