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Chapter 34
Herald’s hair had grown out He looked a little disheveled, his stubble left untrimmed, his eyes deep and darker It could have been just the separation, and I’ll forever feel like a bastard saying this, but it made him look more attractive to me than ever
The kiss took way longer than I expected, and I had no coreeting and the exploration of so more than a distant memory after my second death It couldn’t have lasted e laughter burbling from each of our throats that finally caused us to break apart It was the kind of laughter that caain, it said I hate you, I love you
“It’s been six months,” Herald said
“Six h my hair I looked around Herald’s apartnant reflection of who he was as a person It smelled the same, the faint citrus scent of clean that per in one of the corners But it was just a bitjust a bit more rumpled, in more disarray There were actually dishes in the sink, for once My heart pinched
“I thought you’d be gone longer,” Herald said, sitting back, adjusting his glasses, his pupils dilating, as if he was trying to get a good look at me And he didn’t have to voice his surprise I knehat he was thinking: that I looked exactly the saht he saw me
“The Apotheosis,” I said, ht details to help explain what happened “It’s what you saw The five swords split me into pieces There are shadows ofup the slack for now That was supposed to be ainst the Eldest and keep the back Hecate said so But the shades – it’s like they’re helping”
Herald chewed on his lip, his eyes darting across the carpet as he oing to be gone forever She knew that the shadoere going to commute your sentence She knew”
I shookmy hair “I always assus that matter to us But she’s always a step ahead, somehoonder what else she hasn’t told me”
Herald stepped into the subefore She’s a total weirdo, borderline crazy, but believe it or not – and I can’t believe I’ thiswhat’s best for you”
“Like a mom”
“Yeah Little bit”
“That’s a lot to unpack”
He chuckled “Understatement of the century”
I waved around the apartuess you did kind of miss me, then”