But at least for a little while, there would be some breathing space. And in the end, that was all anyone, Herald or Queen or ordinary citizen, could ask for.
“Now,” he breathed into her hair, “would you like to find out how a hero is rewarded?”
Her response was everything he could have wished for—and he knew that for a few marks, at least, the world would be completely all right for both of them. It would not remain that way for long—
—but it was enough that it remain that way for now.
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