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THE SILVER LINING CHAPTER 18

Author: MIKS DELOSO
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Ignatius smiled softly. "Not merely peace. You are owed truth, Krishna. And if the gods won't provide it, then we'll chip it out of fire for ourselves."

She allowed the silence between them to grow once more, but this time it was no longer suffocating. It was something different.

Tender. Fragile. Hopeful.

And then she asked, "What comes next after all this? After the rite? After the war?"

He cocked an eyebrow. "You mean if we're lucky enough to live?"

"Yes."

Ignatius rested back in his saddle, contemplative. "Then I will seek out a quiet garden, where the starlilies grow and the moonwater comes. And I'll construct a house with tall spires and a balcony suited to storm-watching. And I'll wait. For you."

She smiled weakly. "You'll just wait?"

He shrugged. "Or I'll carry you there myself, if you're too obstinate to rest."

Krishna laughed, wiping away a tear. "You never gave up on me."

"I never will."

They arrived at the top of a broad hill. Spread out beneath them, indistinct in the dist
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    The morning after their wedding was softer than silk. It seemed the world itself exhaled in peace. The mist clung to the hills like a veil, and the sun spilled over the horizon, lighting the plains in amber and gold.Krishna woke to the sound of quiet wind and birdsong. For the first time in years, there was no urgency in her breath, no heaviness pressing against her chest. Only warmth.She turned and found Miyal watching her.He was half in shadow; the morning light outlined the contours of his face. The faint silver shimmer beneath his skin pulsed softly-no longer a mark of the curse, no longer a burden-but a part of life, his and hers, bound and breathing in rhythm.“You’re staring,” she whispered, voice still drowsy.“I’m memorizing,” he whispered. “Every piece of this peace.”Krishna smiled faintly. "Peace doesn't need to be memorized, Miyal. Just lived."He reached for her hand, threading his fingers through hers. His touch was warm—so human it made her eyes sting. “Then I’ll li

  • THE SILVER LINING   THE SILVER LINING CHAPTER 184

    The morning of the wedding came softly, painted in gold.Ignatius stood at the edge of the valley, where the breeze carried laughter from afar the faint echo of drums, the murmur of joy. He didn’t need to see it to understand what day it was.Today, Krishna and Miyal would wed beneath the sunrise.For a brief, trembling moment, Ignatius thought of going of standing at the back of the crowd, unseen, just to catch a glimpse of her smile one last time. To see her walk toward the life she had fought so fiercely for.But something deep within him whispered otherwise.Let them have this day, the wind seemed to say. Let peace have its moment.So he didn’t go.He stood instead beneath the old tree on the outskirts of Brunschière, where he had once waited for her, where he had once cursed the gods for taking her from him. The same sun that touched her face touched his. The same wind that lifted her veil brushed his hair.In that invisible connection, he felt her presence not as a wound anymore

  • THE SILVER LINING   THE SILVER LINING CHAPTER 183

    The world was still when it started.The dawn flush of sunrise swept across the plains, igniting the dew like stardust dropped onto the ground. The Living City wood instead of marble, vine instead of iron, song instead of silence—awakened with the light. Golden sparkles were upon each leaf. Each shimmer of air held laughter, quiet and young.This day was theirs.Krishna stood at the river's edge, her white robe as gentle as mist, her hair loose and shining with dawnlight. She sensed the wind ruffling it, mischievous and loving, as if the world itself wanted to bless her.Behind her, the crowd had gathered the children who once had hidden from the storm, the old who had spoken prayers through nights of destruction, the women and men who had walked with Miyal and Krishna through darkness into light. Today they came not to battle, nor to weep, but to witness something unusual. Something holy.Miyal came on the increasing light, his footsteps slow but certain. The silver radiance under hi

  • THE SILVER LINING   THE SILVER LINING CHAPTER 182

    At night, the citizens congregated on the square where the Citadel used to be. Glowing fires burned in glass bowls, their silver-white flames flickering to the beat of drums constructed from bark and lightstone. A whiff of spiced roots and wine hung in the air.Krishna stood alongside the elders who had once questioned her. Sira's place was empty, indicated only by one candle its flame unwavering, as if even the wind held respect for her memory.Alren came over, bowing his head. "The wards are holding," he said quietly. "And the city continues to grow on its own now. Each child born today will bear the Pulse."Krishna smiled weakly. "Then let them be wiser than us.He nodded, his eyes shining. "They already are."Music burst out. Young and old clasped hands and made vast circles around the fire. Feet stamped hard, skirts whirled round, laughter rolled across the air like thunder smoothed to gentleness.Miyal grasped Krishna's hand once more

  • THE SILVER LINING   THE SILVER LINING CHAPTER 181

    The following days were still in ways Krishna and Miyal had never previously experienced.The wars were over, the screams had ceased, and what was left was the slow, patient beat of rebuilding.They strolled together amid the rubble of the ancient Citadel the skeletons of towers now shrouded in green, the air vibrating with fresh life. What was once a bulwark of strength had gentled into something breathing, living. Roots pushed through stone, flowers burst from shattered marble, and the beat of the land traced their path.Krishna stood before what was once the Hall of Echoes. "It's odd," she said quietly. "To look upon it like this. I used to believe strength was order. Control. Now it just seems. serene."Miyal smiled weakly, sweeping dust off a vine twining along the wall. "Perhaps peace was always stronger. We simply didn't know how to hear it.He faced her then, sunlight falling across his face the same man she had lost to flames and betrayal, but altered. There was still that re

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    Krishna faced him, the dawn trapped in her hair like strands of molten gold. The Living City purred around them a low hum that curled underneath the earth, the beat of a new world learning how to be kind slowly. For one moment, nothing was but that stillness: the whisper of wind over silver grass, the soft whisper of life's return.Miyal's gaze met hers, steady but shaking with an agony too human for the strength that now coursed through him. His voice was rough, unguarded, bare of everything except truth."Can we begin anew?" he asked. "I know I cannot give you anything no assurance of peace, no home untainted by the past.". Only this only the love I have for you." He stepped closer, silver-lit fingers curling in a vulnerable way, as if even the air between them could break. "I know I've altered. I know I've become odd, touched by things I don't even comprehend.But if you'll take me still, if you'll look at me the way that I amHe swallowed, catching his breath. "Do you still love m

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