Accidental Surrogate for Alpha
I whisper.
“I love you,” the Goddess says, raising her hand and brushing my cheek with her fingertips. “Carry that knowledge your whole life. I will see you again,” she promises, and I cling to that prophecy just a little, “but until then – carry my love.”
And then, as Roger and I watch, my mother passes through a door in the back of the room – a door that I swear was not there a moment ago –
And she’s gone.
Roger and I both stare at the door and then turn, slowly, to stare at each other.