The Queen's Heir
he admitted quietly.
"I thought power meant control, that strength meant standing alone, that divinity set us apart rather than calling us to serve. But watching what our daughter has built with Lysander, with Maria and Elias, with all these good people—I understand now that we were never meant to rule over the world. We were meant to work with it, to nurture it, to help all beings find their own light."
Hera leaned her head against his shoulder, a gesture of intimacy that few had ever witnessed.
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