Rewriting Fate With The Alpha I Hate
Preserved by herbs and spells, he looked almost as though he were merely sleeping, not gone forever.
I closed my eyes, and memory flooded in unbidden: me at twenty, him fresh from the frontier campaign, covered in blood and glory, kissing me for the first time at the victory banquet.
Hot tears slipped down my cheeks before I could stop them. I wiped them away quickly and turned to Darius, signaling him to begin.
It was time to let him go.
Elder Darius raised his hands for the final sealing incantation.
I shut my eyes in prayer.
Goodbye Killian. If there is a next life, perhaps we…