Viola.

Oh man, I was totally shocked.

I can't even deny that-not for one single second.

It hit me like a ton of bricks right in the chest.

My mind was racing, spinning with all sorts of worries.

I just had to get a real, honest-to-goodness reason for what Mathew was aiming to go through, you know?

Like, why put himself in that kind of danger?

Yeah, battles aren't some silly joke or a game you play for fun.

They're brutal, life-or-death situations that could straight-up end his ...