\u201cIt\u2019s all right,\u201d Marin said. \u201cI understand, Seamus. I\u2019d have made the same choice.\u201d<\/p>\n
He startled, staring at her in the dim. Marin smiled and shook her head.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike I said. I know that there are things you didn\u2019t tell him and I\u2019m sure it wasn\u2019t just<\/em> because there wasn\u2019t time. You wanted to give him a chance.\u201d She set off across the snow, along the wall to the next warding point. Seamus watched her for a moment before he jogged a few steps to catch up to her.<\/p>\n \u201cHe deserved to be happy.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI know he does.\u201d Marin turned toward him again. \u201cI said I didn\u2019t blame you, didn\u2019t I?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s just so much\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m aware.\u201d She turned away again, tugging one of her gloves off to press her bare palm against the sigils they\u2019d etched into the concrete and stone. \u201cSeamus, you know what I am. Think about what I must have seen.\u201d<\/p>\n What is she–<\/em> His lips thinned as he stared at her. \u201cI thought I was mistaken.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAbout which part? Being a Seer, or being a reincarnation of her<\/em>?\u201d<\/p>\n He shifted uncomfortably. Brigh\u00edd had been more than just a friend to him. \u201cHow much do you remember?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt comes in fragments. Sometimes dreams. If you\u2019re asking if I knew what you two did, the answer is yes, but she didn\u2019t hate you for leaving. She knew she didn\u2019t love you\u2014and she knew that she wasn\u2019t what you needed. Still…she might have liked it if you\u2019d stayed, found a way out of the noose that had been knotted for you.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cShe was a good woman,\u201d Marin said softly. \u201cI\u2019m not just saying that because I\u2019m the current owner of that soul. Everything I\u2019ve\u2014everything that\u2019s been said leads me to believe that she was.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cShe was a hero,\u201d Seamus murmured. \u201cAnd a greater lady than our forsaken island deserved.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cShe didn\u2019t think it was forsaken.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI know.\u201d Seamus smiled faintly. \u201cMaybe she was right.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cIt\u2019s all right,\u201d Marin said. \u201cI understand, Seamus. I\u2019d have made the same choice.\u201d He startled, staring at her in the dim. Marin smiled and shook her head. \u201cLike I said. I know that there are things you didn\u2019t tell … Continue reading