“Please, Hilise. Please die in place of Gabrielle.” My always dignified brother begged me to die in place of our stepsister, whom we don’t even share a drop of blood with. “For the first and last time, I ask you this.” I’ve always been miserable, and there is no exception this time. It was the seventh time that I was betrayed and killed, and finally I was completely free of lingering feelings. “I’m glad that you’re a scumbag until the end.” I won’t be swayed by love anymore. Now it is my turn to abandon them first.
