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Finally, the chance I’d been waiting for

Swinging s out of bed, I tested the sunset floor It armer than I expected, and whileelse hurt Whatever was in that coer wound fro

While I’d been unconscious, someone--hopefully own, so sainst my skin I took a few tentative steps, and once I was sure I wasn’t going to collapse, I headed for the door I had no idea where I was, but I wanted to see Henry I had to make sure he wasn’t dead That oodbye to me To our son

No He’d promised to stay with Milo, and he would Gods didn’t turn into corporeal ghosts when they died, or at least I thought they didn’t Had a god as powerful as Henry ever died before?

I opened the bedroom door to reveal a corridor on the other side, with the sa and sunset floor The colors underneath ed as I walked, and I had to tear my eyes away to check the various doors that stood soh the hallway

Empty bedroom after empty bedroom Some were plain, like ht blue accents and white silk that ht flowers growing everywhere It looked exactly like the sort of bedrooht have if she’d--

Wait

I pushed the door open wider It wasn’t just a bedroo the walls, farit I inched forward toward the nightstand, where a picture stood

No, not a picture--a reflection, like the one Henry had had of Persephone in Eden Manor, one that captured ahand, I picked up the wooden frame and stared at it My mother and I stared back

We were laughing in the middle of Central Park I didn’t need to see the cupcakes or the mess that remained of our picnic to knohat it was

It was the reflection Henry had given ether

"Kate?"

The fralass shattered as it hit the ground I swore and bent to pick it up "Moht," she said, kneeling besideout of bed?"

I stood as the glass repaired itself under her guidance How long would it take me to learn how to control ure out what I was capable of while Calliope had held me captive, but without so h" My htened and set the newly repaired frahtstand; I was sure about that now This was her suite This was her ho a side trip withher arm around my shoulders

"What? Why?" I blurted "I want to see Henry, Moot hi"