Epilogue
I tried not to overthink about the darkness stretching in front of me. I knew we'd had no choice but to stop Erickson and his cohorts, but it still made me feel a little guilty to have displaced so many people. A lot of them probably hadn't even realised what it was that had been powering their city.
And now they never would.
All they knew was that one day, the lights had gone out, and nothing any of them did would bring them back. It must have been scary. Terrifying even. I couldn't imagine being that frightened, even after the moment where I thought my soul would be destroyed.
Shelbie pressed her head into my hand, almost as if she knew exactly what I was thinking. I was sure she did. And that she felt the same. At least none of us had come away with any lasting scars.
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