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I staggered to my feet. One shaky step, another. The acolytes carried him to the boat, lowering him gently. There was no room for me.
Fine. I’d swim behind it. I started to shuck my boots.
“No.”
The finality of Morgyn’s voice filled me with dread.
“Only he shall pass.”
Every fiber of my being protested. “I have to be with him.”
Even as I spoke, the boat slipped away from shore.
For the first time, something like emotion flitted through Morgyn’s eyes.
“He shall return to you, Queen of Air and Darkness. It was foretold.” Then she turned, descending to the lakeside on phantom feet. She needed no earthly vessel. She walked on the very mists themselves.
I reached out for the golden thread, now so thin and stretched it was almost impossible to find. But it was there. And it hurt—it ached in a way it never had before. I deserved it.
I love you.I knew he wouldn’t hear it. But I’d say it again and again, every day, every hour, until that bond was strong again. Until I could hear him say it back.
He shall return, Morgyn had said.
I would be waiting.
For a thousand years, and a thousand more.
But just then, I was helpless to do anything but watch as my mate disappeared into the mists of Avalon.
THE END
