“Children!” Publius Leander Antonius, Adara’s father, now turned to Phoebus and Calliope, along with Delphina, Adara’s mother, and together they embraced the grandchildren they had been missing for so many years. “Thank the Gods, you’re safe!”
Delphina was too overcome with joy to speak, for she had dreamed of that day for what felt like an age, how she would embrace her daughter tightly and tell her she loved her more than anything, how she would inhale the scent of her grandchildren and never let go again. It was to be a moment she could never capture in charcoal or pigment, for it was too overwhelming even in her daydreams, let alone the reality of it.
Clarinda continued to wipe the tears from her eyes as she looked upon the scene of reunion, and as Publius and Delphina embraced Phoeb
