Excerpt from Xena’s journal

“…I’m trying. I thought they wiped out my village for so fucking long, it’s hard to let go but…gods. Jackson is my friend. We’ve been through hell and back together now, and he cares so much for the Fae. He’s fucking dating one! I can’t…I can’t go through with what I thought before. There’s fucking kids. They haven’t done anything. So why, then? Why the fuck can’t I shake that venom in my heart?”