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Sibyl rolled her blue eyes in disgust and left the room

"So?" asked Drake with his brows raised "Was she right?"

Sibyl was right He was insecure about her love for hi she had to hold back her smile "Yes"

"Then say it," he de over her

Helen thought he was too cute for words and she had to put hiave her a satisfied smile "About damn time, too"

"What do you mean, about time? I’ve known you for all of three days"

He leaned closer and she could see the golden shards in his eyes lit with happiness "A lot has happened in those three days, though"

"More than enough," she agreed

"I don’t want you to leave o if that’s what you want, but I don’t want you to leave me Not ever" He whispered the words as if ashamed to say them aloud

"I don’t want to leave you, Drake"

"Because you love me?" he insisted

Helen nodded She had the feeling he wasn’t going to give up onher say it any time soon And that was fine with her "Because I love you"

"No pity, right?"

"None How could I pity soht," he said "So, do you want to wear ain?"

His casual attitude broke her heart because she kneher every chance to turn hiuilt, which only made her love hiave a relieved nod and pulled off his shirt

One solitary leaf hung fro to the branch No wonder he’d been in so much pain He was much worse off than he’d been before she met him

Helen sucked in a breath and reached her hand out to hirowled at her "Remember"

Helen bit her lower lip to keep it fro "No pity Just love"

Helen reached up and willed the luceria to fall off The band slithered from around his neck and pooled in her pal hands "So, what do I promise this time?" she asked

"That’s up to you I’ll take what I can get and try not to ask for anything ht, then I proht by your side until every last one of the Synestryn are gone"

"But thatto live for centuries now, so you’ll be withtime"

"That was kind of the point Unless you think you’ll get sick of me"

"Hell no I love you, Helen And it’s too late to go back on your word now You’re mine" He fastened the necklace around her throat and she welcoain

A flurry of feelings swelled inside her, but they were all good--overwhelood Drake’s love, his hope for their future, his resolve to keep her safe and by his side forever

He groaned and pulled her to hiain at her good fortune Not only had she got a new life; she got to spend it with Drake She was the world’s luckiest woh to s his brown eyes "I’ll show you lucky"

And he proceeded to do just that

Epilogue

Canaranth tried not to display any signs of fear as he stood before his leaht of the Synestryn lord’s office

His ers Those hands looked alernails Zillah’s face was also very hu only a hat to shadow his face and no one knew he didn’t belong a the cattle

Canaranth didn’t even need the hat As long as no one saw his eyes, they thought he was completely huht was no exception

"They found the Sentinel sword, sire," said Canaranth He was proud that his voice hardly wavered at all "It was an excellent distraction"

Zillah leaned back in his leather chair, sht "The blooded child?"

"She’s downstairs with the others She’s still young enough that there’s time to alter her properly"

"And the Sentinels?"

"They are congregating at their co for our attack, as you planned None of the her home and her parents were no problem I doubt the Sentinels even know she exists"

"We will keep it that way"

"And the sword?" asked Canaranth

"Let theirl is worth the loss of the sword" Zillah sive us beautiful children"