Epilogue II
SUN GOD TAIYO
“That was kind of you,” Tsuki said gently. Her pale hand wove into my elbow, and she leaned on my shoulder, looking down at the group.
“What was?” I asked, feigning innocence.
She was always pale, glowing and radiant… Or at least, she always had been. Finally, some of her true essence was returning. I still found it hard to forgive what had been done to her.
One corrupt king had used our own stones and our own powers against us and the people that we took care of had turned on her so easily. No one on earth had been able to figure out the truth all this time. It didn’t help that our son was so young. Earth was his domain, but he wasn’t yet the best at crisis management.
Still, I had to admit as I gazed down at the scene below us that my wife had chosen her champions wisely.
Batu Sun Sat upon one throne, Alhadya sat upon another. Their other parts were around them, their support. Everyone needed support.
Tsuki sighed softly, watching them.
“You didn’t need to help Clem,” she said, not letting the conversation go. “He could have severed the bond, and the outcome would have been the same.”
“Perhaps,” I agreed, gazing down at the five of them. “But how would you feel if my demise was the only way for you to have your freedom.”
I felt her shiver and she looked up at me with her wide, glowing eyes, despair clear in them.
“Don’t say such a thing,” she chastised.
I chuckled.
“Exactly… and all this time, I have been living with the fear of losing you for good.” Sighing, I looked down at Bracken’s new wing. “Besides, the little burst of power I gave them was the least I could do for them for trying to save my wife.”
She squeezed my arm.
For a while more, we watched them. The coronation was over now, and they were leaving the room, ready to lead the collected world of the humans and the nocs into the future.
They emerged onto a balcony and waved at all those who had gathered to watch and celebrate. There was an eruption of applause.
When I looked down at my love, she was smiling, but her eyelids drooped.
“Come,” I whispered. “These last twenty-five years have been long. Let us rest. It is all over now.”
THE END