Kian saw them first, five figures descending the mountain's difficult slope as morning light broke fully over the peaks, and Joy watched his expression shift from anxious waiting to overwhelming relief the moment he recognized her among them. "You're alive," he breathed, closing the distance between them in swift strides, pulling her into an embrace fierce enough to lift her briefly off her feet. "Thank every star in the sky, you're actually alive." "We're all alive," Joy confirmed, laughing despite her exhaustion, holding him close with equal desperate relief. "And we accomplished something remarkable, Kian. Something I'm not certain I fully understand yet, even having lived through it directly." James embraced her next, followed by Sorcha's more restrained but genuinely relieved greeting, and Joy found herself surrounded by the people she loved most, safety and success combining into overwhelming, grateful emotion. "Tell us everything," James said eagerly, once initial reunions h
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