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On impulse, I kissed him, and it was as though the final piece of the puzzle of who I was fell into place at last.

Hope spread across Rune's face. I thought about why I'd chosen him in the first place. The reasons were muddled and hadn't yet fully returned, but I knew we'd married for far more than just an alliance. I trusted him. I loved him. I chose our union for him, not just the power being together had offered.

"That's literally all I was. From... from my bones to my crown to —Without that, what am I?"
"You are you. Just you. Just—"
"Val!"
Rune stood at the clearing entrance, mouth agape. I could only stare right back at him, a thousand different emotions colliding in my head.
"Me," I whispered.

He threw himself to the edge and watched her fall, feeling as though a piece of him had been ripped out and was falling along with her. Her body glowed, brighter and brighter, until he had to cover his eyes.

brb. crying. 😭

Because if I was never meant to live, then I was glad that I'd lived even a little bit with him.

stop this nonsense 😭