#Chapter 70: Epilogue

Raven The heavy oak doors to the council chamber loomed ahead, and despite the many months of relentless preparation leading to this moment, my palms were still damp against Neil’s. I squeezed his hand tighter, grounding myself in the warmth of his touch. Six months ago, I wouldn’t have imagined that we would have ever made it this far. Not with how fractured everything had been, how impossible peace seemed when the world was burning at our feet. But here we were. It still blew my mind, just how different things had been six months ago. All I cared about was surviving, about keeping Neil alive. And now… now, we had so much more to care about. Not only each other, but the kingdom, the world, our future. Oddly enough, it felt just as daunting as the worries we’d had six months ago. Daunting and exciting as hell. After six months of nonstop battles, hunting down and dispatching spies and traitors, peace talks and armistices, this was finally it. Today w