Let it be like that

"Mr. Pierson, are you... just like us? And by that, I mean... did you also go back in time with your memories?"

Zoren's brows immediately crinkled at Finn's question. "What makes you ask that?"

"Like I said, I don't trust you," Finn repeated, his voice clearer this time. "We don't trust each other, but my life is on the line. Nina's and mine, and I'm not letting Penelope fail."

A moment of silence fell between them as both men stared at each other. Zoren and Finn might've been on the same side for a long time, but that didn't mean they trusted each other. Their relationship was based purely on mutual benefits — nothing more.

But things had changed, and Finn was no longer fighting whatever fate had in store for him alone. He had an ally, and her name was Penelope Bennet. His only goal now was to ensure she succeeded, because if she did, his chances of avoiding or surviving the catastrophe that had befallen him in his first life were high.