\u201cSif.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u2019t want to talk. Words weren\u2019t going to help\u2014they were meaningless right now. The man she loved beyond logic, beyond death, beyond time itself was dying again and it was her doing.<\/p>\n
I never should have implied he was unworthy. I should have known that something would come for him. I should have warned him.<\/em><\/p>\n I should have protected him.<\/em><\/p>\n Instead, he would die thinking she hated him, never confronting all the issues that lay between them\u2014their love being the most important thing of all.<\/p>\n We\u2019re such fools.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cSif, please.\u201d<\/p>\n She swore and twisted, glaring down at Matt, who stood below her in the shadows. \u201cGo away,\u201d she rasped. \u201cI want to be alone.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou may want it, but you sure as hell don\u2019t need<\/em> it.\u201d 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.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m poor company right now,\u201d 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. \u201cJust go. I\u2019ll be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou won\u2019t be,\u201d he said quietly, staring up at her. \u201cNot until you know he\u2019ll be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s dying,\u201d she said, her voice shaking. \u201cWe both know that.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t,\u201d Matt said. \u201cSif, trust them. Trust me. You may think all hope\u2019s lost, but when it comes to this group of people, it never is. They\u2019ll save him. Watch. You\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n She looked away. \u201cJust leave me alone, Matthew,\u201d she said. \u201cJust go.\u201d<\/p>\n When she turned back, he was gone, but he\u2019d left something in his place.<\/p>\n Hope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cSif.\u201d 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\u2019t want to talk. Words weren\u2019t going to help\u2014they … Continue reading