Epilogue

EPILOGUE

 

A girl entered the tower that rose out of the darkness. She pulled up the man suspended over the tower’s edge, swaying dangerously. A few minutes later, a different girl emerged from the tower.

She moved along the path at a near run to where a boy lay sleeping.

Kneeling down by his side, she stroked his cheek lovingly.

“Unh… Unhhh…” the boy moaned.

A smile of purest joy rose on her face, and she waited quietly for him to wake.