章 94: Chapter 94: Foretold

Dad waited for me at the Gates, Peter waving me through. I hugged my father tight, the first time I'd seen him since the almost battle in the corridor of the Pantheons. I just needed to feel connected to him again, missed it so much, even more now that I'd been to see Nero. That Tulip lost her parents. For so many reasons I couldn't count them all. I wanted my father back.

I suppose I should have known better than to try to recreate what we had, but the girl in me still needed him to support and care about me the way he used to. So much had changed. Couldn't I keep this little piece of who I used to be for myself?