“She breathed out and the last of the ghosts lifted. Not just [redacted]’s. There had been other ghosts trapped here: the spirit of a ferocious teenage girl and the boy she loved. They were gone now too, passed into the realm of memory where they belonged, where they could rest. As the spirits faded, so did the last of the ties that had bound Misaki to the horizon for so many years, dissolving like threads of blood in water.”
― The Sword of Kaigen
― The Sword of Kaigen
“I'd lived enough years now to know that there were some ghosts that haunted you forever.”
― Spells for Forgetting
― Spells for Forgetting
“Flayed and boneless, he faced the creature he had awakened, this woman of gods’ blood and fury.”
― The Sword of Kaigen
― The Sword of Kaigen
“Then she reached out and held him. Cold. But what did that matter? So was she.”
― The Sword of Kaigen
― The Sword of Kaigen
“In that moment of awe, Takeru realized how much he owed this woman, who had borne his children, who had fought, and fought, and fought for a family she had never asked for. She had given him her life and demanded nothing in return. Mamoru hadn’t inherited his strength from his father. It had come from her.”
― The Sword of Kaigen
― The Sword of Kaigen
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