It was Briar. When the Water Prince had gotten here, she did not know. She did not care when or how, only that Scarlett had done it. She had come through and freed him from Alaric and sent him here. He did not look at Talwyn when he moved past her, walking straight into the heart of Ashtine’s heartache. Talwyn stood and waited. One second. Two. Three. The winds stopped as if the world itself had lost its breath. And as the dirt settled, she found Briar and Ashtine kneeling on the ground. Her face was buried in his chest, and he was clutching her tightly, one hand running down her hair over and
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