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“What was strange was that she could love him and love Takeru at the same time. In the last year, she had been astonished by how much pain she could hold in her, but until she stood on that front deck with Takeru beside her and Izumo in her arms, she had never held this much love.”

“She would always love Robin, the same way she would always miss Mamoru. For everything that had changed, this hadn’t. It hurt. Gods in the Deep, it hurt, but it didn’t consume her. After so long, she had learned to carry it like a woman.”

“But if I learned one thing from Firebird, it’s that a person’s tragedy doesn’t define them or cancel all the good in their life. I’ve had four wonderful children, whom I love. I still have three of them, and now, after all these years, it turns out, I have a good husband.”

“Why are you smiling?” Takeru looked unsettled.
“It’s complicated.”
“It’s scary.”

😭

“He’s fine,” Takeru said in exasperation, just as Chul-hee’s groans solidified into words the words ‘So loud!’
Leaving Chul-hee curled up on the ground, Takeru stood and helped Misaki to her feet.

ssnsksk

Hold the line, he had said as his son looked at him in fear.
And Mamoru had. He had protected Takayubi with everything he had.
Now it was Takeru’s turn.

“I left everything behind to marry you! I have been an obedient wife, I have borne you children, I have done everything that was asked of me, so why did this happen? Why is my son gone?” Misaki finished, breathless, feeling like she could fall into a thousand pieces, like she could eat the world. She was ready to fight.

my heart is breaking for her but i also need her to beat his ass

“I didn’t want any of this, but I birthed that boy, and nursed him, and loved him—all because my parents wanted me to marry a Matsuda!”

:(

“You shouldn’t get involved in another lord’s marriage.”
“I know,” Kazu said resolutely, “but you say the word and I will.”
He held her gaze with an intensity somewhere between the expectant trust of a child and the resolve of a man. Her little brother still trusted her to know what was best—like Robin had, like Mamoru had…

For a moment, her hands had been full of pearls. She rocked and repeated, “It is enough.
“It is enough.
“It is enough.
“It is enough,” until Chiba Mizuiro returned with a group of volunteers to help her carry the body up the mountain.

ENOUGH