beta
this is SO friggin frustrating!!!!
For several chapters, etienne has been FINALLY defying the bitch and has been working steadily to undo her poisonous upbringing of him.....
Only to have it most of it undone by a SINGLE incident
We saw him from the previous chapters finally having the courage to trust his aide and the doctor and form an alliance with others to bring down the empress....
Only to seemingly forget the implications and depth of the new team he has forged.... causing him to choose NOT to divulge what the empress did to him.... throwing their newfound camaraderie to the wind (yes, I know, not entirely) and hindering the progress of their plans
(I mean, C'MON, if u wanna lessen d effects of that fucking poison to be able to do what u have to do, the best way is to tell the ONLY doctor sympathetic to you and has been helping u ALL ALONG)
yes, i know this is because of trauma and a conditioned response due to years of being raised poisonously..... and I probs shouldn't angry at him of for it....
But it doesn't make the situation any less frustrating