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Chapter Fourteen: What He Cannot Carry
Kaidan wakes to find Shepard sitting on the edge of the bed, outlined in darkness. Her back is to him, and even in the nightly shadows of their bedroom, he can see the curve of her hunched shoulders, the quake she tries to hide.
He sighs, rolling over to his side to watch her in the dark. The harsh line of her back is like a scream.
"I would carry this for you if I could," he chokes out.
"But you can't," she whispers, voice dead. Her fist curls around Anderson's dog tags and Kaidan can find no other words.