motherofangst:

Destroying Jyn-that’s what it would be, you can admit that much-was his best option. If she did realize what he’d done, she’d turn that feral need against him. She’d want him dead, probably sway the Guardians of the Whills and Bodhi against him as well.

[ .. ]

Maybe that wouldn’t be such a terrible way to go. He’d assassinated better men than Galen-an Imperial collaborator, the man who’d built a planet killer, remorse be damned. And if Jyn came after Cassian, he’d die for his crimes. There were worse deaths.

Was that what it had come to?

Rogue One Novelization ( Alexander Freed )