The Brighter the Stars Ch 25

“Ben, it’s okay—”

“It’s not!”

The Brighter the Stars Ch 24

“I don’t want to talk in circles with you, Snoke. I’m not getting caught in your trap.” Luke ignites his lightsaber.

“Are you so sure?” purrs a voice that comes straight from Ben’s nightmares. The voice that’s always haunted him.

“You really think we can do this?”

“I think we’ve got a chance.”

Ben flinches. “I can’t tell you what I don’t know. I would tell you, if I did know.”

We’ve both lost so much time, Rey thinks, running her knuckles along the scar on his face.

“Are you really going to let him meet with his mother after what he did to his father?”

“You want to die in there?” she threatens.

“We’re getting you out of here.”

“I don’t care!” Poe shouts. “You’ll die!”

“Since when are you afraid of dying?” Finn retorts.