Chapter 70 Romie
AS ROMIE WATCHED EMORY TAKE all that darkness inside her, the sun came out. A singular ray of hope in all this chaos. Emory smiled at her, as if she too could see it. As if she too was daring to hope that this might not be the end. That she might survive this, and they might see each other again.
The sun shone brighter. It pierced through the clouds of ash and flooded the godsworld as all evil was chased away, seeping into Emory and Sidraeus.
In a burst of light, Emory and Sidraeus shot across the sea of ash and into the darkness of the sleepscape just before the rift closed behind them, swallowing them forever, like stars winking out of the universe.
And though the sun had never been brighter, the godsworld restored to a flowering garden, Romie fell to her knees and screamed, feeling a hole inside her she knew would never be filled.