"Close your eyes and breathe," Kylo softly spoke to Tessa. "Now, tell me what you see."
She closed her eyes and concentrated. Visions appeared in her mind.
"Life," she began to say. "Death and decay, that feeds new life. Warmth. Cold. Peace. Violence."
"And in between in all?" Kylo asked, his hand resting on hers. Tessa sighed and smiled.
"Balance. Energy. The Force."
"And inside of you?"
"Inside of me, that same Force."
"That is correct. To say that the light or the dark dies if the Sith or Jedi die is wrong. The Force is not bound by traditions of men."
Tessa opened her eyes and asked,
"If that is true, why do you remain on the dark side?"
"The dark side, it gives me power. Power to conquer my enemies. Power that will very soon lead me to my destiny of ruling the galaxy."
"Or it will lead you to destroying it." Tessa bowed her head, trying not to cry. Kylo took his hand and lifted her chin up, so that she would have to look at him.
"You are still afraid. Let go of the past, Tessa. Kill it, if you must. That is the only way you will become what you were meant to be."
"I have killed my past..." she argued, thinking about Shaw.
"No, you haven't," Kylo strongly countered back. "You wonder what life would have been like if Shaw was not your step-father. If your mother would have survived childbirth. If your father would have been a good man, and not..."
"Stop!" Tessa yelled.
"Tessa, you know the truth, You have always known the truth. Say it."
"I... I... was a product of rape!" Tessa screamed, before burying her head in her heads. Her heart raced as she tried not to break down in tears.
"Your father was just as much of a bastard as Shaw. The only one who loved you was your mother, who gave her life to bring you into the galaxy."
"And she will be the only one who will ever love me." A tear trickled down Tessa's face. Ren quickly wiped it away.
"That is not true. When the galaxy falls to the Order, the people, they will love you. They will see themselves in you. A person, who came from nothing, yet was able to become the most powerful woman in the galaxy. And..."
Kylo paused for a moment. He closed his eyes and entered a vision. He saw Tessa in the vision. She was pregnant!
Tessa trembled in fear. She had also seen the vision. Kylo opened up his eyes and gazed at her. He took her into his arms and tightly embraced her.
"That is why you need to forget your past, to prepare for the future. Our future child," Kylo said in her ear.
"I will forget my past, if you forget yours," Tessa replied, as she broke the embrace.
"I cannot do that."
"Why not? Why should I be the only one to forget my past? Why should I be the only one to be balanced? Let go of your hate!"
"No. I can't. I won't. It is my destiny to rule the galaxy..."
"It won't matter if you end up all alone!"
"But I won't be alone. You will be there, right beside me."
"I won't."
"You said you wouldn't fail me!"
"I'm not going to fail you! If you continue on this path, you will destroy everything that is good. including me."
"No!" Kylo denied vehemently.
"Yes, Kylo. You already killed your father and your uncle. If you continue down this dark path, not only will you kill your mother and the Resistance, but you will end up killing me, and my child."
"No! I would never..."
"Search your feelings, Kylo. You know it's true."
There was silence in the room. Tessa was concerned Kylo would be furious at her for what she said. Instead, he sighed deeply.
"I can't search my feelings," he admitted, his breathing heavy. His brown eyes stared into Tessa's blue ones.
"I feel it again, the pull to the light!" he cried out, before pulling her close and passionately kissing her. Tessa clung to him as he continued to ravish her lips.
"We shouldn't be doing this here," Kylo whispered in Tessa's ear.
"That's right, your meeting..." Tessa remembered, still breathless from Kylo kissing her.
"No, I meant not doing this in this room." Kylo rose to his feet. To Tessa's surprise, he lifted her up in his arms, and carried her from the meditation room to his bedroom.