CHAPTER HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO : REY AND LUCIUS

Lucius opened his eyes and he saw Rey and Cersei looking at him.

"I remember it all", he said, the memories rushing back to him. "I saw it all, but I couldn't do anything to save them."

Rey ran to him and hugged him. "It was not your fault", she whispered in his ear. "None of us could have saved them."

Cersei nodded in agreement, tears in her eyes as she looked at Lucius.

"Now you know", she said softly. "I'm so sorry that I had to make you relive such a painful experience."

"I know that this isn't what you want to hear, but thank you. It would have been better if I had no memory of that day", Lucius replied.

"That's the thing about memories, they stay with you forever. Some days they are just there waiting for you to embrace them, and some days they are there waiting for you to ignore them", Cersei said. "The reason I needed to keep you alive is because you can't ignore the pain and suffering that Deucalion caused, but you can overcome it and heal the wounds of the past."

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