Resigned Fate
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Sloan held up his hands. “I see your point. There are as many questions as there are answers. But I still can’t help but wonder if things really turned out as they were supposed to, or if it was just random chance that Jon figured out how to beat them.”
Keera hugged her husband close. She had been wondering the same things, visions of what could have happened and what she wished had happened keeping her awake at night. What if Jon hadn’t saved them all? What if he had lost the battle to controll the machines and the Mekans had continued to destroy Astra? What if the prophecy had been less cryptic and they had figured out how to beat the machines before Gwen had been killed? Or even Tess? Or before Volgon and Kromin had been laid to waste? She pulled back to look into her husband’s green eyes. “Let’s just be thankful that we are still alive and able to watch our children grow old.”
Sloan kissed her on the end of the nose. “I think that’s a great idea. By the way, we’re having company for dinner.” He pointed to the window.
Keera smiled when she saw Feeror, Moylir, and the clone walking up the road. Her heart hurt for her friends, whose worlds had been destroyed by the machines, but she was thankful for the new lives they had been able to create for themselves. Moylir was engaged to be married. The statuesque woman glowed when she spoke of the man she was going to wed. Feeror wore the token taken from his mate, Gwen, and refused to even look at another woman. For most of the year, the clone resided in Vis Relissa with Saemus and helped to train future Mystics.
She smiled at her friends as they joined her daughter in her imaginary games. Whatever the reason for all of us surviving, thank you good Spirits. Thank you.
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