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Chapter 433 - Chapter 428: Little Mother

Location:Zhū'kethara — Eastern Gardens

Date/Time:Late Cinderfall, 9941 AZI — same day

Realm:Demon Realm

Vaelith laughed.

It came out wrong — broken in the middle, wet at the edges, tangled with the tears that hadn't stopped and the shaking that hadn't settled and the heartbeat that was still beating inside her, impossible and real and hers. But it was laughter. The first sound she'd made since the wall came down that wasn't grief or shock or the raw noise of a woman coming apart.

She laughed because Vorketh was holding her like she was made of glass, and she was the strongest healer in the demon realm, and the juxtaposition was absurd, and the absurdity was the first thing her mind could process that wasn't the heartbeat.

"I'm fine," she said. Against his chest. Still in his arms. Still on the garden path with the Vor'lumen blazing around them in rings of deep indigo. "Vorketh, I'm fine. You can—"

"No."

"I need to stand up."

"No."

"Vorketh."

"When I'm ready."

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