“Please, Hilise. Please die in place of Gabrielle.” My always dignified brother begged me for the first time. He wants me to die for our stepsister, whom we dont even share a drop of blood with. “For the first and last time, I ask you this.” Ive always been miserable, and there is no exception this time. The seventh time that I was betrayed and killed, I was completely free of lingering feelings. “Im glad that youre a scumbag until the end.” I wont be swayed by love anymore. Its my turn to abandon them first.