The Only Way Out

DARIO

I sit straighter, my pulse quickening.

“And I told myself, I was going to tell you, and you were gonna help me.” She shakes her head. “And they told me the hard truth, opened my eyes, Dario... That you weren’t Don yet. He was just teaching you the ropes by then. And you didn’t really have any powers. How could you have helped me?”

Her hands tremble slightly, and I feel a sharp stab of guilt.