Broken
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EPILOGUE
Joshua and Katie were playing together in the gardens of Syrolt. For Joshua, Katie was his best friend and sister. All things considered, Joshua seemed to be settling in very well. He had mercifully returned as a boy, minus the memories of the past. From the days gone by, he only remembered Talia as someone he loved very much. His life as the dragon, the torture he had been through, all of it had been wiped clean. Reunited with Talia, Joshua had been given a chance to live his lost life again.
Nothing could have made Michael and Caitlin happier. Their family’s little knight had been given a second chance. They exchanged smiles as they watched the children from the other side of the Veil.
Soon it would be time to go, to leave their life on Earth behind and move on. As they took one last longing look at the little ones, they saw Joshua spinning around and a giggling Katie rushing in to hug him. Perfect. Could they ask for more?
Talia was no longer on the run being chased by a mad king. She had Aiden, a friend and a husband who loved her for her heart, not her powers, just as Caitlin had wished for her all those years ago.
In all her choices, Talia had always put her family before herself, no sacrifice too great. Circumstances and fate had conspired against Talia. King Damien thought he’d broken her; maybe he had, but through it all, she was never lost. Her faith, hope and thirst for vengeance had burned bright, showing her the way from darkness into the light. The fury of the tempestuous storm chasing her had faded into nothing with Damien’s death and Joshua’s return. She was finally free.
Before she had stepped free of the Ether World with Luigi, she had a short, bittersweet reunion with her mother and father while Luigi kept an eye out for the Wraith. In that one moment, they had all embraced, needing no words. However much she wanted them to return with her, she knew they couldn’t. Caitlin couldn’t step out of her prison and Michael didn’t want to part from her again. It didn’t matter in the end because Talia knew they would always remain in her heart. They would always be a part of her and Joshua. She couldn’t bring herself to force her father to return with her. His place had always been with her mother. Without Caitlin, he was bereft and rudderless. He was like one half of a soul. It was time for all of them to be complete and broken no more.
Michael and Caitlin were finally together, this time for eternity. Caitlin had nothing to fear anymore, no shadows or ghosts from the past chasing her. She was finally at peace. Their life had meandered through a rocky road of both good times and bad. And now in a different time and place, they were together again, their love constant and just the same.
Their hands intertwined, Michael and Caitlin took the first step deep into the unknown without the fear of a dark past catching up with them, the agony of being prised away from each other or the pain of regret. The passage of time felt immaterial, almost as if life had gone full circle and brought them right back to where they had started—a new beginning.
The Wraith no longer wished to separate them. They had prophesised this love after all. If Caitlin, the first of her kind, the first guardian from the Well of Creation, was willing to give it all up for love, who were they to stop her? Love, it seemed, was even more powerful than any prophecy, for only love has the power to mend that which is broken.
The End…
Dear Reader,
I hope you enjoyed reading about Talia and Caitlin. The women in Broken are strong women who face difficult, if not impossible, circumstances. They make choices you may not agree with, but do what they think is right at that time. Please don’t judge them too harshly. Theirs is a fantasy world, but in the real world too, the one we live in, we make difficult decisions every day and sometimes find it is possible to be Broken but not lost.
Michael and Aiden are protective but not overbearing. Similarly, in our lives, guys, real men with hearts, not necessarily muscles, often enrich our lives.
If you think you have an experience worth sharing that exemplifies the tag line ‘Broken But Not Lost’, or a special relationship like Caitlin and Michael or Talia and Aiden, do write to me at ivylogan9@gmail.com or via Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ivyloganauthor
It would be wonderful to hear from you.
Lastly, please let me know your views and feelings on this book by leaving a review for Broken on Amazon and Goodreads. Just a few thoughts (minus spoilers) would be much appreciated.
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Thank you so much for reading.
With kind regards,
Ivy Logan
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