(Chapter thirty one.)

He's always been harder on you than me, Kylo Ren said suddenly, as if he were reading her thoughts. But Sara knew that, like her, he wouldn't break that promise. No matter how much they had changed since they made it.

He never liked me, Sara agreed, he would never make me your equal. Sara thought petulantly of Snoke's snide put downs. Her title. Lieutenant Commander. Arguably one of the most meaningless positions in the First Order- Sara had less power than Kylo Ren, but not much more than General Hux. As if the wound needed salted any more.

Only you are, he returned quietly, as if she needed assuring.