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NIRVANA

Once I finished writing the letter, I wiped the tears from my cheeks and folded the paper before I texted Zarah.

My phone buzzed in my hand. Her name popped up on the screen.

I picked up her call. “Hi.”

“What is it this time?”

I chuckled. “I can’t call just to say hello?”

“No. What do you want?”

“I have something I want you to give it to Knight if something happens to me.”

“No. I’m not doing that, Nirvana.”

“Please, this is important to me.”

There was a long pause before she replied, “You better not die.”

“That’s the least I want, Zarah, but just in case.”

“Fine. I’ll drop by sooner. Anyway, what you did at the council was brave. I’m proud of you.”

“Thanks, but?”

“How are you and Knight?”

“We’re okay.” I didn’t have to tell her the truth. She knew it anyway.

“Yeah? That sounds like it. You have to forgive your husband, Nirvana. It’s not that he cheated on you, but what he did was to protect you. I would have done the same thing to the people I love. It may look like betrayal,