I know I have to let you go.

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I don't know what to do with you, Sophia. I can't never make you into something you're not. I know I should let you go.

ā€” Ragnar

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"Don't. Don't do that again. Stop this torment, Ragnar, I beg you," Sophia pleaded, her eyes wide with desperation.

Ragnar's expression softened, his internal struggle clear in his eyes. He cupped her face gently, his thumb brushing away a tear that had mingled with the rain on her cheek.

"You don't understand. I almost lost you. You don't know how terrifying that was," Ragnar's voice trembled with emotion. "I'm not sure I can go through that again. I have to let you go for different end. I know I have to let you go."