Stone Circle Because you are the only one for me and to you I am one of many

When she continued to speak, it took all the willpower he could muster to not snap at her. He accepted her offer—was that not good enough? Did she want him to beg for her assistance? The thought alone nearly made him sneer, a reminder from his dwindling conscious the only thing preventing his inner feelings from affecting his expression. “If I don’t deserve it, then don’t clean them,” he returned, fixing her with a leveled stare. “No one’s forcing you to do anything to help me.” He sure as hell wasn’t and he highly doubted his sister would. If she thought so little of him as to take back her offer, then so be it.

“I kept them clean the only way I could,” he told her. “Things like this aren’t easy when you’re on your own.” A lot of things aren’t easy when out on your own—Alexander learned this long ago and it was one lesson in life that he would never forget.