Dad waited for me at the Gates, Peter waving me through. I hugged my father tight, the first time I'd seen him since the almost battle in the corridor of the Pantheons. I just needed to feel connected to him again, missed it so much, even more now that I'd been to see Nero. That Tulip lost her parents. For so many reasons I couldn't count them all. I wanted my father back.

I suppose I should have known better than to try to recreate what we had, but the girl in me ...