Bria yelled throughout the home. Within seconds, Finn was beside her, Elias close behind with his sword drawn from habit.
Charlotte knelt, cradling the terrified little girl in her arms.
Bria cried as she made me promise. To follow her. Search her. She gave me everything.
Elias froze. Mira?
Bria's breathing became regular. Her hands reached for Charlotte's face.
You always wore sunshine, she observed. You always pardoned me too.
Charlotte's eyes became tears. Mira:
Bria smiled. I swapped my eyes. Simply to check in on you.
Just like that, she returned among them.
The thread stretched tight. And the world remembered her name.