He shakes his head. Ronan didn't tell him. And Noah hasn't confronted him yet. He's afraid of what they'll each say.

"He didn't have to." Their thoughts circle back to it, louder with each passing day. The approach of the point of no return. "I told him I don't want to die again," he says, like a confession of guilt. It doesn't matter that he wasn't asking for this. Because Ronan wouldn't pursue this for himself. He wants to save the people he cares about, including Noah.