“We cannot save him,” Haern said, joining his side. His sabers danced, demon after demon died, but at last he would wait no more. He yanked his blades free from a shredded throat, twirled his cloak, and leapt through the portal.
“Leave,” Jerico shouted, his face locked in pain.
Lathaar stabbed his longsword through the eye of a demon, twisted it, and then kicked away the corpse.
“I will not abandon you!”
Jerico knew this true, and that was why he hurled Bonebreaker through the air. The mace struck Lathaar in the chest, and even through the platemail he could feel his bones trembling. He staggered back, his balance lost. Mira saw Jerico’s intent and aided him. She pushed Lathaar through.
The ground shaking, the sky furious, and with demons all about, Jerico laid back to the dirt.
“Thank you,” he said to Mira, who stared at him with an expression he did not understand.
“Die well,” she told him. “And I’m sorry.”
She stepped through the portal, and at her passing the blue vanished. Lightning struck where it had been, and at that final release of power the clouds lost their anger. The wind died. Light pierced through as Jerico lay on his back. He stared at the newly freed sun and prayed that Ashhur would grant his soul passage to the Golden Eternity.
Epilogue
Qurrah stirred as the sun crept above the dull horizon. He felt a weight on his chest and an ache in his temples. Tessanna huddled in his arms. In her hands she held a knife. She smiled at him as blood ran down her face from five vertical cuts.
“Pieces,” she said as she slashed off her ear without a single grimace of pain. “Mommy left me in pieces.”
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