[ this is exactly what she'd been hoping to avoid, even if she knows this was inevitable, that all the build up of everything she's done will be thrown back at her like this, no matter her intentions. but she'd known marcos would never fully understand the weight of her choices, not when his heart is as good as it is, when he can believe in people so much better than she can. ]

Marcos, she's safe. Isn't that what we both want? She's not here, and she's not with the Inner Circle. She is in the safest place she could be right now.

[ not that anywhere is truly safe, not with everything the way it is. but at least she'll be loved. ]

But if we don't figure this thing out, neither of us is going to see her again.