Hope POV

"This will be the first fight of many more..."

I started to speak, without looking away from Marcus, I can already feel it getting lighter, I know I can't talk too much, but I understand that there are many other things I can share with them.

"Maybe it's the most important, maybe not... What matters is to finish her fast."

I close my eyes for a few moments and let them feel a hint of the anguish I carry and the throbbing of the mark on my shoulder.

Their response was the surge of their auras, enveloping me and fighting against that feeling and it helps, I notice...