The Fatal Judgement
He looked up at me with his red-rimmed eyes, braced for whatever I was about to say, the way children brace themselves when they have learned that the world does not give things without also taking them.
"She said your name every single day," I said.
That was all.
That was enough.
My hand went quiet in his.
The soul core gave one last pulse and went very still.
✦ ✦ ✦
Lucian stayed where he was.
He stayed while the light changed, while the hall emptied slowly, one vampire at a time, all the watchers finding that they had no appetite for leaving as long as he remained. He stayed with his forehead pressed to my hand and his eyes closed, and the crystal orb at the entrance finally, quietly, we
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