✩ "The difference between me and Sejanus is that he will sacrifice one person for the world, and I would sacrifice the world for one person."
"What?"
"He would let you die, and use your dead body as his chance to finally have a reason to rebel." ✩
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CORIOLANUS' HAND reached for the lamp, he flicked it on and it lit up our area of the room. I watched as he laid his head back onto his bed frame and closed his eyes. He began massaging his temples, reopening his eyes just to stare at the ceiling.
"Are you new, to all this mentoring stuff? You and Sejanus? Will I stay alive?" I asked him, a slight smirk appeared on his lips. I couldn't tell if it was pitiful, or if he was mocking me.
He finally decided to look back at me, his grin fading away as he turned back to look at the ceiling. He took a deep breath before he chose to speak.
"The difference between me and Sejanus is that he will sacrifice one person for the world, and I would sacrifice the world for one person."
"What?"
"He would let you die, and use your dead body as his chance to finally have a reason to rebel."
Whatever he was saying, horrified me. I knew that Sejanus wasn't like that and I trusted him. He might want to be a rebel, but he would never sacrifice someone.
"No, thats bullshit-"
"See, when it comes to Lucy Gray I will give her whatever she needs to kill every last tribute in that arena. She will survive."
I looked away from him, my eyes traversing around the room - staring at all of the blank walls. An expression of disbelief stood proudly on my face. A small chuckle then fell out through my lips, and I turned to look back at him.
"So I'll die?"
"I hope you're one of the last to die, Maria."
He said to me, and I knew it wasn't humorous. I wasn't sure whether to take it as a compliment either. I took a deep breath and reached for the lamp next to Coriolanus, flicking off the light and leaning back into my bed - digging my head back into that familiar pillow.
"Thank you, Coriolanus."
⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ J SPEAKS ! sorry this was a short ass chapter, i wanted to keep lucy and maria reuniting in its own chapter! CORIOLANUS CARES ABOUT HER.. he just doesnt realise it! also calm down with the shit-talking brother.. leave my baby sejanus alone😣.
