|Kairos|
“I think Jason will suffice,” Snow said at last, her voice low but firm.
Her words made me pause. My brows drew together, puzzled. So this was the true reason she’d insisted on coming down here—not just to confront the Clarksons or to speak her peace.
But of all people… Jason?
A cold question rose in my throat. “What do you mean by that?”
She turned fully to face me, and when our eyes met, I was struck again by the quiet power in her gaze—those clear, ice-blue eyes that rarely flinched, even now. She wasn’t speaking from emotion. She was speaking from resolve.
“We’re going to need him to save Stephanie,” she said simply. “Since he’s the reason she’s in this situation in the first place, maybe it’s only fitting he be the one to pay the price for her life.”
I stiffened. Her
