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So I had to learn how to get there myself I could barely travel across the roo how to cross half an ocean in a week seemed ireare of two things: first, I was crying And second, Henry lay beside ht?" He brushed his thue to tell hi it hard to breathe, but I couldn’t This was for Milo If one of us had to do it, I was the best choice Cronus had already issued Calliope an ultimatum not to hurt me or Milo; Henry wouldn’t have the same security, and he was too important, too powerful, too needed to sacrifice himself I would find a way back as soon as I could Maybe if I could learn how to travel properly, I would be able to take Milo and escape It wasn’t , and I couldn’t have Henry risk hi the distance between us and wrapping myself around him "No matter what happens, no matter how this war turns out--I love you, forever and always"

Henry was quiet for a longcomfort in each breath he took At last he lowered his lips totenderness

"You are h his words were barely a whisper, they seeunshakable "There is nothing I would not do toof days that were gray and e to look forward to, and I cannot tell you what it was like, facing down eternity alone Every day I wished for you Every day I held on in hopes that eventually ould meet And when I finally found you"

He leaned in and kissed ain, as tenderly as before His hand slid underneathacross my sto toto memorize him

"I have existed for more eons than I remember I have seen the sun rise and fall so , they passed ht you gave up yourself in order to save a virtual stranger--ain"

He took ainst his chest, and there it was--thuiven anything to keep his heart beating The black abyss that had becoht he was dead had faded, but it was a scar I would always bear I couldn’t go back to that Even if I had Milo, I would never have another Henry

"I see the sunrise now," he said "Because of you, the days have color Eternity hasonce ether, even though I hurt you too lue that holds ether If I lose you, it will be the end of me"

A knot formed in

"Proertip up ap between us onceto show him how much I ether, and I can’t wait for the day e’re back home, just the three of us, and this whole war is over I swear to you that will happen That will be our future"

He cradled the back of ainst oing to let anyone, Titan or not, take it from us"

"Promise?" I said, and this time it was Henry’s turn to kiss "

I shifted onto ainst h to rest ainst his "Live this love now," I whispered "And never stop"

In those seven days, I spent everymostly healed, Henry would reive the council the eleh Henry had a tendency to pace aroundto agree with, it gave usour new brand of tag throughout the sun-drenched palace, we fought our way through the quicksand of my visions to see Milo Cronus was always there, a silent reminder of the little time I had left with my family, but now Ava had become a permanent fixture, too

The happier and healthier Milo beca everything she had into hi hi to Olympus one day, however, he shook his head "We are both immortal, and so is Milo"

"What?" I stopped in the o that didn’t feel stuffy The sun shone a little brighter here, and the sunset at our feet seeht everyone had to take the tests"

"Me to earn immortality usually have to prove themselves in some way And royals take the test, as well If Walter chooses to take another queen, regardless of her mortality, she will have to pass the same tests you did to earn her position If Milo ever replacedof the Underworld--"