"Please," Jamie begged, all his pride stripped away.
"Please, you've made your point. You've shown us what you are. Just... just let Grace go. Kill me if you want, but let her go."
Jorghan walked toward the ship, his movements calm and unhurried despite the destruction surrounding him.
[Mana-devouring attribute active]
[Negative Energy Inbound]
[Large amounts of Negative Energy detected]
He paused at the hatch, looking back at Jamie and Lukas.
"I don't care if you feel sorry or sad," he said, his voice carrying clearly across the blood-soaked garden.
"What you've done can't be undone. My death, my stolen life, the eighteen years I lost—none of that can be returned. So I'm taking something from you instead."
"Why, Grace?" Jamie's voice broke.
"Why take her? Why not just kill us all and be done with it?"
"Because death would be mercy," Jorghan replied simply.
