“If the knights are your brothers, does that make me your sister?”
He looked at her for a moment. His eyes were hard like he was upset and his jaw was tight, like he was grinding his teeth.
“No,” he said, eventually.
“Then what am I - to you?”---Rey didn't want to leave Jakku - not without her parents, anyway. But when Kylo Ren found her there, watching him from the shadows of Niima Outpost, she didn't have much of a choice.
The First Order negotiates a ceasefire with the Resistance.
Rey is the bargaining chip.
As long as she stays with Kylo Ren, the Resistance is safe. Kylo is determined to train Rey in the dark side, and Rey is hell-bent on staying in the light. Together, these two may just bring each other the destruction they both promised.-----Previously posted as A Stolen Soul.