RAVENNA
Our time at the meadow was cut short yesterday, when Riven asked me to take her to Kael. I didn’t know what to say, so I looked at her and held her close to me, wishing she never said those words, at least not now. Everything was happening so quickly. It seemed like everything I had been running away from, found its way back to me.
“Can you tell me what my daddy is like?”
Riven’s voice pulled me gently from the quiet morning. Her hair was a mess of golden tangles, her eyes curious and still full of dreams. The sun hadn’t fully climbed over the hill yet, and the world outside our little cottage still looked like it was deciding whether to wake up or not. It was our last day here, which meant final truths.
I smiled weakly, and patted the bed beside me. She climbed in, warm and s
