"It depends," William spoke up suddenly.
His voice had lost its earlier hesitation, replaced by a weight that seemed to vibrate the very air. He looked at Anna, saying something that sounded unbelievable to the battle-hardened masters standing around them. "I need to know—what is your most desired goal and ambition in your life?"
After the gruelling minutes of debating inside his mind, William had reached a conclusion. He decided that the best person to decide her fate was Anna herself.
He knew she had already paid the full price of heroism once in his past life, losing everything to become the woman who saved him. He felt he had no right to unilaterally decide which path she would take in this new lifetime.
