CHASING MONSTERS
Harris turned his gaze toward Agatha, and the hardness that had lived in him most of his life softened in a single look.
“Thank you,” he whispered, and his voice shook. “For making… my last days… happy.”
Agatha bent over his hand, kissing his knuckles, unable to speak.
Harris’s eyes drifted, unfocusing for a moment as if he was looking beyond the room, beyond the castle, beyond the war waiting outside the walls.
“My children,” he murmured. “They’re waiting.”
Agatha gave a sob that sounded like her ribs might crack from it.
Harris’s eyes fluttered once, twice, then he looked at Xavier again, expression strange and peaceful.
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