His Regret, The Crown's Claim
“The doctors… they couldn't find a pulse for nearly six hours. You weren't breathing. Your lungs had just… stopped. But your body was still warm. You were glowing, Risa. Not just your neck, but your entire skin was shimmering with that silver light. I sat here for every second of it, waiting for you to breathe again, terrified that the light was all that was left of you.”
I stared at him in horror. In that place of mist and moons, it had felt like barely six minutes. I had stood before the Goddess, watched the other Speakers, and felt the weight of the decree for only a moment of celestial time. But here, in the world of flesh and bone, my soul had been gone for a full day.
I realized then t