Page 52 of Fated Blood

“Did she die?” I scream, rushing past Xanthe and into the room.

I stop dead in my tracks, my own tears building up and running down my face as I sob loudly. There, in the bed, Brec is sitting with Mara in his arms. She’s smiling and reaching for me.

Mara is alive!

“Mara!” I shriek, and throw myself into her arms. She holds me, both of us sobbing uncontrollably. “Everything’s perfect now!” I smile at her, and she strokes my hair from my face and nods down at me.

“I hear you’ve had a baby?” she asks, smiling ear to ear.

Everything really is perfect now, perfect and just how it was always meant to be.

This is it. This is what everyone wants, how all the best fairy tales end.

A true happily ever after…