“Please, Hilise. Please die in place of Gabrielle.” <br> My always dignified brother begged me for the first time. <br> He wants me to die for our stepsister, whom we don’t even share a drop of blood with. <br> “For the first and last time, I ask you this.” <br> I’ve always been miserable, and there is no exception this time. <br> The seventh time that I was betrayed and killed, I was completely free of lingering feelings. <br> “I’m glad that you’re a scumbag until the end.” <br> I won’t be swayed by love anymore. It’s my turn to abandon them first.