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“The path here was rough. It was filled with pain and grief and sacrifices. Heartache and sorrow and utter exhaustion. But there is no one I would rather have gone through this life-changing journey with than these six people. I have felt alone and unwanted for most of my life. But now, here, I finally feel at home.”

found family 🤩

You never have to be anything other than exactly who you are. Because I love all versions of you. I love you, Isera.”

Orion smiles after them, tears glittering in his two beautiful eyes.

he deserves this

My parents loved me.
My parents did love me.

“I have no children, and I will bear none,” Lavendera continues. “But the royal line must survive. Therefore, I hereby name Isera Shaw, now Isera Dawnwalker, as my heir.”

“Because she’s right.
Turning slightly, I gaze out at all of my friends. I lost my family to the Icehearts. Isera did as well. Alistair lost his family in a different way when they shunned him for having fire magic. Orion has never had anyone he can trust. None of us has a real family.
So we made our own.”

And so dies Empress Jessina Iceheart.
In pain and despair.
And with my blade, stained by fish guts, buried in her heart.
I scream in victory.

I yank up my hand.
And slam my dagger right into Jessina’s heart.
We crash into the ground.

“Selena!” Draven screams, his voice breaking with fear and panic.
“I’m sorry,” I reply.
Then I close the union bond and leap off his body.