In the rose-colored dawn, I gaze expectantly toward the thick tangle of forest straining to catch a glimpse of silver-white movement in the shadows. It is my daily ritual, waiting for the day Quil’s curiosity—her hope—will lead her to this place.
“Good morning.” Perseus slips up behind me, greeting me with a tender kiss on the sensitive skin behind my ear. My body ignites under the touch of my own personal sun. Wrapping his strong, sinewy arms around my waist, his rough hands come to rest on my swollen belly. Our child, nearly ready to come into this world, kicks from within. A greeting to his father.
As he does each new morning, Percy whispers into my ear, “She’ll find her way. Faith, Lyra.”
I do have faith, because out of us all, Quil was the one to feel the truth, instinctive yet tangible in her heart. Guided by her belief in something better, one morning soon she will emerge from the forest to embrace the new world that waits for her. A revolutionary world—without fear—where moonwalkers and sun-dwellers exist together, free to live each and every moment of the earth’s turning in harmony and love.
THE END
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