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The tears start and I drop onto the couch, sobbing Traumatized when I woke up in a different world, I'm equally horrified to realize I'd rather be someone special in a place that doesn't exist than no one in reality

I cry until I'o to a pants and a t-shirt I replace my Black Moon Draw boots and decide they look pretty chic with the yoga pants tucked in

Rubbing ure out what to do I can't let Black Moon Draw go I can't let hio Unable to meekly accept my place in this world the way I would have a week before, I return to the one thing thatinto my chest, one that aches too much for tears I'ive up I can't either" But god, do I feel like it!

Sitting in front of in to read the unfinished tale of Black Moon Draw, reliving every e I sob when I read the parts between the Shadow Knight andit - that we've beenI smile at my interactions with ain, I'll sit down to learn more about him He's smart and brave, if ill prepared to be a warrior

As I read, I search for clues I ht've missed, hints at what I'ht, I reread the passages from my dream of the warrior queen

"Why is it called a Heart?" I ask

She swipes at her tears and lowers the ave me I was his heart, his love, his queen This was fashioned as a wedding present Magic ave it power"

The words reverberate around ht had been ordered by Brown Sun Lake to capture the Heart

The Shadow Knight of a thousand years ago had given the oes to where the ic still worked for me, albeit even less reliably, after the medallion was destroyed Hoas that possible?

I was his heart, his love, his queen The warrior queen had said

"The Heart of Black Moon Draw," I whisper aloud "It's not a medallion It's a person"