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"Take care, Your Majesty."
Clarion stayed on the bridge until he vanished into the tree cover, until the clouds overhead gave way and gentle rain began to fall. She stood alone in Spring as the scent of petrichor rose around her, staring out at the cold emptiness of Winter.
It would call her home for the rest of her long life.

"Remember to be free, Milori. No more haunting this border like a ghost."
"You too."

"As will I."

“You will have all your subjects to love you. And even if I am not beside you, you will still have me. There will never be a star brighter. I will always love you.”

"All hail, Queen Clarion!"

Kill me now.

"And when she crossed into Spring, she did not turn around."

PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

"A love like theirs was ruinous. A broken wing was nothing compared to a broken heart. She could only hope that the pain of both would fade with time."

"And Milori, loyal to his very core, would throw himself in danger for her time and time again. Now she saw the full truth of Alvena's wisdom. Love opened you up to too much pain. Love divided your allegiances, your priorities. For most anyone in Pixie Hollow, it would be acceptable. But for the Lord of Winter, it was too dangerous to love her."

"She loved him. Perhaps she was always bound to. From the very moment she saw him standing on the border. How could she not? She loved his steadfastness, his kindness, even his reckless, selfless bravery. Loved his wry humour and his unshakable devotion to his people. She loved him because he had set her free, too. And yet, he had broken her heart. And if anything happened to him, she would not survive it."