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brb tomorrow... off to go sob some more! ˢᵖᵉᶜᶦᵃˡ ᶜʳᵉᵈᶦᵗˢ ᶦⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᶜᵒᵐᵐᵉⁿᵗˢ ᶠᵒʳ ᵗᵒᵈᵃʸ'ˢ ᵖᵒˢᵗ

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What will we find at the bottom-up? This bitter drink, this awful cup When all the pain's been swallowed up Will it make us different? Will we say with confidence That the love was worth the risk That the end is Joy? Joy

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The many times that I promised to Walk through the fire and the smoke with you That was long before I ever knew the flame Nothing, not this Not the thing that I cannot fix The house is burning and I'm helpless I′m helpless And what do I do now That all the lights gone out?

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Watcher, I pray your will be done On earth as it is in heaven Today it′s hard to believe in And hell has never come quite so close I see the whites of his eyes and know I feel the breaking of every bone What do I do now That all the lights gone out?

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And then, a soft laugh at something he said turned into a sob that shook her shoulders. Ren moved, gathering her into his arms as she broke down. He closed his eyes as he held her, sending up another prayer that this could be a turning point for her broken soul.

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Both knew it was an avoidance tactic. Both knew she needed this time to let out nervous energy. He would stand there all day, talking nonsense, if it meant she would not run away from this. He’d push if needed, but he truly prayed she would take the first step without his prodding.

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Both let out a soft laugh. They talked about a few other random things as they stood there, Zale’s ever-growing brood of children, Ren’s teenager sister’s obsession with the aging rocker and K-pop, the way his other half-sister was excelling at her music classes…

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“Won him his first Starlight Acolade.” “Yeah. He cried accepting it, it’s all any media talked about that whole week.” “Bad boy showing a soft side, it’s big news.” “If only they could see him now when he’s off stage, changing diapers, chasing toddlers, and being total mush with Clover.”

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“What’s going through your head?” A sad little sound escaped her lips, “The song Zale wrote about dad dying.” A few quiet moments before Ren replied to that, “It’s a beautiful song.” “I’ve not heard it in years. It used to play on the radio all the time. I hated it.”

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She wasn’t ready. No matter how much she told herself she was… she wasn’t. “You can do this.” Watcher, Ren has so much more faith in her than she had in herself! Long moments of silence as they stood there, Elsie unable to move, and Ren a steady support at her side. Patient, as always.

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🖤❤️

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But Elsie heard none of it. Her sobbs were too loud, her guilt too powerful, her pain too consuming. My fault. My fault. My fault. A mantra that would follow her every single day for all these years…

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Kira’s dark blue eyes, swimming with tears and pain looked up at Zale. “We know whose fault it is. Those fracking spellcasters who left my baby and Morrow to die.” Zale was shocked at her voice, the bubbly woman he knew never sounded like this, jaded with a voice holding the promise of revenge.

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She was inconsolable, a sobbing shaking mess as Kira gathered her broken child into her arms. “You were perfect, you did everything right. You are ten years old, baby, there were a dozen evil supernatural creatures and you 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥! You are amazing, not weak, and none of this is your fault.”

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“No, baby. No, it’s not your fault! He was training you to be strong, not to save him. You are alive because of him, because he was the best dad and did everything he could to protect you.” She shook her head, “No, No, I left him! I left him! I was too weak & watched him die, I couldn’t save him.”

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“No!” she yelled, “It’s my fault he’s dead! I didn’t save him! He was training me to save him and I didn’t do it!” She was sobbing as Kira came down to her.

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“I can’t do it.” She’d cried. Digging her heels in and refusing to go another step. Kira’s body shook, unable to reply to her child due to her own pain. But Zale knelt down in front of her, “You can. If I can, if your mom and sister can, then you can.”

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He squeezed her hand, & moved to lead them down the path she’d taken all those years ago, with a stiff mother at her side, and Zale’s shuddering breaths filling the silence. It felt she was back in time, walking the path with them instead of Ren. And she was as broken today as she’d been then.

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But she knew those instincts were wrong, and that he was right. She needed to do this. The visit to Sulani was supposed to be about healing, merging her powers, and calming her soul. But her soul would never be calm if she did not come to terms with the tragedy that ripped her family apart. “Okay.”

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They stood in their embrace for many long minutes, until he spoke. “We should go that way.” “I can’t.” “You have to move past this. It’s like you’ve been fighting that his death was real for almost sixteen years.” Her instincts were to shove Ren away, to curse at him, to end this peace they’d found.

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Hours later, she and Ren were walking together… he went to go right… she grabbed his arm in a panic and shook her head. “Not that way.” He frowned, “Why?” She swallowed hard. “I was ten the last time I went that way.” Understanding hit him as he pulled her into a hug.

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She wasn’t sure how long she lay there, but the cousin she’d been cursing in her head must have done her a solid, because she felt Ren approaching. He pulled her into his arms, “What can I do?” She pressed herself to him, “You’re doing it now.”

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She should feel bad for him, but considering her current pain and the fact he’d been such a little twat all week, made Elsie not even care. “No more training until your familiar is under control.” Nixie. With that, the sirens left her curled up in pain on the beach… alone.

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Elsie and Fanta howled! He ripped out of her, pissed off and ready to take down the siren. Elsie was on her knees, pain from the way Fanta emerged raging through her entire side. But her powerful phoenix, who terrified half the council of mages weeks before, was brought down by a siren’s water net.

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Her phoenix was as wild as her magic. “He 𝘩𝘢𝘴 to accept this newly discovered side of you. If he doesn’t then nothing we do here will work.” In her annoyance, Nixie sent a powerful water spear flying straight for Fanta’s tattoo on her leg.

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Fire flew from her hands, quickly doused by six different waves of siren magic. “Come 𝘰𝘯, Els.” Nixie was exasperated. “That wasn’t me! It was Fanta, he’s throwing a fit again.” “Get your familiar under control.” She snorted, “Yeah, like that will ever happen.”

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