Alexander's POV:

“I’m… fine.” Her voice cracked on the last word then she swallowed hard and tried again. “It’s just, seeing his corpse like that… in that state… I never expected him to be bold enough to take such a step. I thought he would fight, bargain, run, or do anything but this.”

Exhaling exhaled slowly through my nose, chimed in. “It was truly unexpected.” Then I squeezed her hands once. “But I don’t want either of us dwelling on him any further tonight ...