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January 10 - January 11, 2024
a knot of three entwined circles—
Like they were two of a kind, like she could throw anything at him and he’d catch it. Would meet every challenge with that wicked, feral grin.
Us, like they were a unit against this fucking mess of a world.
“I’ve got you,” he murmured. “Sweetheart, I’ve got you.”
The photos had begun as an ongoing joke, but they’d become real. Enjoyable. There were more of the two of them. And more photos that Hunt had taken, too. Of the food they’d eaten, interesting graffiti along the alleys, of clouds and things he normally never bothered to notice but had suddenly wanted to capture. And then ones where he looked into the camera and smiled.
On the Divine Number; The Walking Dead; The Book of Breathings; The Queen with Many Faces …
“I am a
descendant of Ranthia Drahl, Queen of Embers. She is with me now and I am not afraid.”
“My friends are behind me, and I will protect them.”
“My friends are with me and I am not afraid.”
No one, not even Sandriel, spoke a word as Bryce took out the vacuum from the supply closet. And erased the last trace of Micah from the world.
Defenders of those who could not protect themselves. Defenders of the small, the young. Shifter or true animal, that truth lay etched in the soul of every canine.
Hunt slowly lifted the head before him, as if he were one of the ancient heroes of the Rhagan Sea surveying a slain creature. A monster.
And soul to soul with the friend whom she had not forgotten, the friend who had not forgotten her, even in death, Bryce made the Drop.
“That’s the point of it, Bryce. Of life. To live, to love, knowing that it might all vanish tomorrow. It makes everything that much more precious.”
“Just try, Bryce. One try. I’ll be with you every step of the way. Even if you can’t see me. I will always be with you.”
“With the strength of the most powerful force in the world. The most powerful force in any realm.” He pointed to the screen. “What brings loyalty beyond death, undimming despite the years. What remains unwavering in the face of hopelessness.”
Danika had whispered, “I love you,” before fading into nothing, her hand sliding from Bryce’s.
Connor’s last words to her. Message me when you’re home safe. Bryce began typing. The answer it had taken her two years, nearly to the day, to write. I’m home.
few cats
Theia’s other daughter got away—vanished into the night. I never learned of her fate.
odd symbols.
“I’m an independent female.” “All right,” Hunt said, laughing softly. “Let’s just say that I’m like some magic token in a video game and when you … use me, you level up.” “That is the dorkiest thing you’ve ever said,”
“To be free of the Asteri, there are things that we all must do that will leave a mark on our souls. It’s the cost, so that our children and their children won’t ever need to pay it. So they’ll know a world of freedom and plenty.”
Who the fuck was he? Prince of Nothing.
“Everything that ever happened to me, it was all so I could meet you, Quinlan. Be here with you. I’m yours. Forever.”
“We’re allies. Not only politically, but … as females who have had to make some shitty, hard choices. As females who live in a world where most powerful males see us only as breeding tools.”
“You remind me that I’m alive,” she said, voice thick. “You remind me that goodness can exist in the world.”
“Death is the only victor in war.”
“My mind found yours in the darkness. Across an ocean.
And while the mainland had all manner of climes, the isle existed in beautiful, near-permanent twilight.
“Our love is stronger than time, greater than any distance. Our love spans across stars and worlds. I will find you again. I promise.”
