Seven – 09

“Sif.”

She tried to ignore the voice as she sat, shivering in the wind and perched on the wall that protected their little village from the rest of the world. She didn’t want to talk. Words weren’t going to help—they were meaningless right now. The man she loved beyond logic, beyond death, beyond time itself was dying again and it was her doing.

I never should have implied he was unworthy. I should have known that something would come for him. I should have warned him.

I should have protected him.

Instead, he would die thinking she hated him, never confronting all the issues that lay between them—their love being the most important thing of all.

We’re such fools.

“Sif, please.”

She swore and twisted, glaring down at Matt, who stood below her in the shadows. “Go away,” she rasped. “I want to be alone.”

“You may want it, but you sure as hell don’t need it.” His eyes glinted in the dim and for a moment, she saw the Ridden Druid standing beneath her rather than Matthew Astoris. Her lips thinned as she stared down at him, her heart starting to beat a little faster.

“I’m poor company right now,” she said, trying to argue him down, to make him leave her to her grief and guilt. Her rage had ebbed. Now she was just tired and her heart hurt so much she could hardly stand it. “Just go. I’ll be fine.”

“You won’t be,” he said quietly, staring up at her. “Not until you know he’ll be fine.”

“He’s dying,” she said, her voice shaking. “We both know that.”

“We don’t,” Matt said. “Sif, trust them. Trust me. You may think all hope’s lost, but when it comes to this group of people, it never is. They’ll save him. Watch. You’ll see.”

She looked away. “Just leave me alone, Matthew,” she said. “Just go.”

When she turned back, he was gone, but he’d left something in his place.

Hope.

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