“You know,” Lathea moved closer to him and laid her head on his shoulder. There was no romance in it. They were friends. Maybe even more than friends. Almost like a brother and sister. “Sometimes, I think about what it would have been like if things had turned out differently. If Shensie hadn’t led us so far. If we hadn’t fought the Raven Sect. If we hadn’t sought passage to the Northern Lands, and if...”
She fell silent. Unlike most, Lathea had not only embarked on an endless campaign, she had also left behind a large family. Her many supportive relatives. Her beloved father. She had sacrificed perhaps more than any of the others who had ascended to the Seventh Heaven.
Chapter 1948
Lathea fell silent. The memory of what she’d left behind clearly still haunted her.
Einen had said that
