“She will return to the Elysian Fields,” I said. “She will be there, with the heroes and the others who have felt the true love of a god. But, as she wished before, she will not remember. She will not know that the queen who resides over this place holds her heart. Instead she will drink from the river Lethe and with her soul cleansed, will return to the Land of the Living. She will return with her eyes open to all the beauty and splendor there is. And when she is there, she will find love. Not with a god or a goddess. Nor with one who she must keep hidden in the shadows or leave before their
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