19 Chapter 19

He also knew that Graham would come for him. Of that he had no doubt. After his rescue, the same thing that had been happening for hundreds of years would happen all over again. Seymour’s constant pursuit of them would continue. They had thought him destroyed, and yet here he was again. Morton didn’t see an end to it.

Unless Morton did the unthinkable. Or previously it had been unthinkable. Now he could hardly think of anything else. The final end to this.

To me.

As long as Morton lived, Seymour would never let him go. He knew this. Seymour thought Morton eternally his. The way to break that bond forever would be to end his own life.

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Morton had been forced to sit next to Seymour on the plane. He hadn’t wanted to, of course, but what he wanted had never mattered to Seymour.