A Song to Drown Rivers

by Ann Liang

It was just me and Fuchai: the enemy king, my great tormentor, my heartsick nemesis. “At least you admit you feel something for me.”

BRUTAL

Death knows no mercy; it has robbed me of all my beauty.

“And who was there to save her?” Fanli rasps.

I will meet you again in every lifetime there is.

“Tell them we are resting together after her mission in the Wu Kingdom. We’ve decided to set sail around Lake Tai, visiting all the places we never could. Tell them she is brave, and honorable, and happy, and finally free. Do you understand?”

😭😭😭😭😭

“Make sure they all know it. It is the ending she deserves.”