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Wait, aren’t there crocodiles?

She gave him a tight nod, then allowed him to lower her down unil his face was lost to the dim light, their locked hands their only connection. The memory of that first night on the dam filled her mind's eye, Keris's grip on her the only thing keeping her from plunging to certain death. Then, he'd been her enemy, but now...
"I love you," she said. "I will always love you."
Then she let go.

Hold up. If she shows up in Nerastis, they’ll know it was him.

For a long moment, she could barely breathe, much less speak, then she said, "I want you to call me Zarrah now. Because there will be no more walls between us. No bars. And no borders."
"Zarrah." His voice caught, and he repeated, "Zarrah." And it was with her name on his lips that she allowed exhaustion to claim her, falling asleep in his arms.

A tear rolled down her cheek, and she felt him brush it away. Tasted him as he kissed her. Heard him as he whispered, "I love you, Valcotta. I will have you or I will have no one, because where you go, my heart goes with you."

“It’s not enough.” "A lifetime wouldn't be enough.
Eternity wouldn't be enough. Not when I want to map every star in the sky with you in my arms."

I do want to remake the world so that I can be with you.So that I can get down on my knees and ask you to be my wife. So that I can put a crown on your head and make you my queen. So I can build a shrine and worship you as my goddess. I want all of these things, yet I face a future with none of them, and I don't know whether I want to fall on my own blade or burn everything to ash because I do not want to let you go.

Oh dear. Cora. 🫠

I love Sara so much. 🥺 Keris better get her back.

Boy, they’re really racking up the trauma.