Chapter 97: The Unnamed Sacrifice

Ellis found Nin in the children's room, bending over their nest, singing softly to the sleeping babies. Ellis stood there for a moment, gaping, before she was able to blurt, "Nin! What are you doing here? You're… dead!"

She had a hard time saying that out loud.

“Am I?” Nin responded with a raise of her brow. “In some ways, probably,” she said, “But I needed to see you one last time before I moved on.”

"Are you really here, or is this a dream?" It had to be a dream, she concluded. They were in the palace, and she knew that was gone. Even the rubble had been removed for the construction of the memorial government buildings.

“Can’t it be both?” Nin asked, tilting her head with a hint of a smile tugging at the corner of her mouth.

"Cryptic as always," Ellis laughed. "I miss you so much."

"And I miss you, little queen, more than you can know."

"I'm so sorry," Ellis said. "I distr