Guilt rose in my eyes as the knot in my heart finally dissolved. I bit down hard, managing to move slightly.

But his large hand steadied mine, pointing the gun at himself: "Sunny, pull the trigger."

A voice whispered in my mind: only killing Claire Lin would end this.

They were from the original world - they couldn't hurt her. Only I could.

As he spoke, he helped me shift position - from here, neither he nor Claire Lin could ...