Aria
But because she could not bear to refuse him this one last request.
“I promise.”
Ryan closed his eyes. Relief, pain, and love crossed his face all at once. For a few precious moments, they simply held onto each other through the bars, stealing whatever comfort they could before the world demanded its price.
Outside, dawn continued its slow, inevitable approach. The city slept uneasily. The execution platform waited in the square. The kingdoms prepared their final ceremony. The world believed the story was almost over.
But somewhere deep beneath Aria’s skin, beneath the chains and the runes and the fear, something ancient had already begun to awaken. And neither kings nor gods were prepared f
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