[JIMINIE]
It was not what he had imagined, that much was certain. But maybe Agust just had to get on board, too. Maybe he also had to understand that sometimes there were choices that needed to be made.
There were still so many things that raised the stakes even higher.
Jiminie knew that too.
He understood he had gotten into with his decision earlier.
"You talk of that like it is simple," Agust insisted, determined to lump some sense into his defiant Erasthai.
"It is that simple. I love you. I won't lose you again. And if I have to give up the pack and the power for that, then that is exactly what I am going to do. You won't talk me out of it. Wherever you go, I will go.
"You're my home, Xiao Xiao," Jiminie said, not even looking at Agust. Maybe because he knew that the king would still try to talk him out of this.
