Chapter 194 Thank You

• “I’m going to miss you all so much,” I blurted, the words tumbling out in a rush before I could swallow them. My laughter cracked against the lump in my throat, and my lips trembled as if they could barely hold together. I didn’t care how foolish I sounded, I needed them to know. “Thank you for standing by me when you could’ve turned away. For being the best… and for making the world feel lighter when I swore it was too heavy to carry.”
• Mirenya pressed her hand to her chest, her eyes glassy. Hasmik blinked too quickly, as if her lashes could dam the tears. Elenwyn sniffled audibly, and that small, broken sound ripped through me, undoing every defense I thought I had.
• Sargis hadn’t spoken. He stood at my shoulder like a shadow. The girls’ gazes cut to him then, one after another.