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gaze lingering only long enough for a quiet understanding to pass between them.
when she could not, for the way her heart felt heavy with grief, with a love that made no sense to her and likely never would now, because how, how would she make sense of it all if he was gone?
“I know you didn’t want this role. I didn’t want to be king, either. But here we are. And if it helps, I think you’ll be better suited to the crown than I was. Here’s a chance to prove it to everyone who might still doubt you.”
He had found a way to protect her, just as she had protected him all those years ago.
She could almost imagine them as the Vitali themselves, standing around her like the stone sentinels she’d encountered in Dawnskeep.
The brightest light the world had ever known.
A love strong enough to put it back together.
There is nowhere you could go that I can’t find you.
“I underestimated you, it seems. Keep proving me wrong, won’t you?”
they ran freely down her face as she went to
the goddess and wrapped her arms around her.
“We’ll take different paths now,” the goddess whispered before pulling away, “but that doesn’t change the roads we’ve already walked together, does it?”
The goddess planted a kiss on the top of her head,
wishing desperately that he was still physically here, regardless of all the complicated thoughts and feelings that would come with it. That he could have sat across from her desk and offered her counsel about the days to come. That they might have faced those days together, even, supporting and leaning on one another.
Wherever you are, I hope you’ve found a better sword to protect yourself with.
Zev let her go and turned to Elander. As they shook hands,
the fox between them. Silverfoot wiggled free, but Rhea continued to hold her just as she had when Cas was younger—patient and gentle, never in a rush to be the first to let go.
You two have grown fond of each other, whether you admit it or not.”
And her restless heart—her broken but beautiful human heart—felt
I realized that she was strong not because of a lack of these things, but because of her ability to pick up her sword and crown in spite of them.