Mira's POV.

I took Marcus's letter to the cedar tree at dawn. The tree where Kael had waited for me twelve years ago. Where we'd made every important decision. Where transformation had happened again and again.

I knelt at its base. Started digging. "What are you doing?" Kael's voice is behind me. "Burying this. Where it belongs."

He knelt beside me. Helped dig. We didn't speak until the hole was deep enough.

I placed the letter inside. Marcus's words about love being the only thing worth ...