and thus, god wept.

You've already been here before.

Lynn narrowed her eyes at Damian's statement. Her mind raced and her heart thrashed in her chest, trying to understand just how much this future-borne Damian could potentially know about this timeline—or what the Holy Order was planning.

"What do you mean?" she asked cautiously, trying to feel Damian out. "How did you know we were going to attack this building tonight?"

"How difficult is this for you to understand? I'm from the future. I always thought you were a clever woman, Lynn. That was one of the reasons I loved you. But alas, I see that I was mistaken; your intelligence was just another falsehood that you hid behind. Your birthright, your Sacrifice, your intelligence—all lies fed to the Crown to secure your own position."