"I'm not worth the world," Nathan said, and so help him, a note of pleading was making its way into his voice. His grip was firm on the hilt of his sword, and he took a half-step back, not quite into a ready stance, but near enough that he could slip into one if needed.

He couldn't just kill her because she claimed to know how to end the world.

"What you're feeling... what you can't remember... isn't worth destroying everything. There is no pain worth that. The Wilhelmina I knew wasn't so selfish."