His Queen of Chaos
J. Fotainesomeone walked over my gravedon't ever laugh as a hearse goes byeverything went blackyou have forgotten the face of your father
"Forever."
"I'm offering to let you go forever." My voice didn't break. My eyes did, a little, and I let them, because she'd taught me not to hide the wounds. "Because I finally understand it's the only gift I have that's actually worth anything. I've spent my whole life collecting. Debts, buildings, people, this whole gold city. I've never once in thirty-two years given a thing away that I could have kept." I made myself hold her gaze. "You're the first. And I'm doing it right, with the door open, with the money in your name, with your own key card in your hand so you know nobody's locking anything on you ever again. The car's waiting. You don't owe me a goodbye. You don't owe me anything a