A week later.

For seven days straight, Briony had endured the bitter taste of medicine each morning and night. Her sense of taste had finally returned, but her vision remained stubbornly unchanged.

Every day, Ferdinand would check her pulse and perform acupuncture, his hands steady and certain.

Half a month passed. One morning, Briony woke to sunlight streaming through the window, so bright it made her squint and wrinkle her brow. For a long time, she simply stared, her eyes stinging with the sudden brightness. It had been so long since she'd seen light. Tears pricked at her eyes.

She could see again. After all this time, her vision had come back.

It was already April now. The snow in Northborough should have melted by this point.

Briony pushed aside her covers and slid out of bed, moving to the window. She opened it, letting in a crisp morning breeze and the sound of sparrows chattering in the trees. Compared to Northborough's endless winter, this place felt like spring all year round.

She missed her children.

Lorna Riley and James Delaney were hiding with them in Cloudcrest City. The climate there was similar to Nortia's, but being up on a plateau, it was drier. She wondered if the children had managed to adjust.

The bedroom door creaked open from the hallway.

Ferdinand stepped in.

Briony turned at the sound, meeting his eyes from across the room.

He arched an eyebrow. "Your sight's back?"

gave a quiet

gently lift her chin. Briony didn't resist, letting him tilt her face up

smile in

eye. There was a

since you've recovered, isn't it

much as flicker.

had no choice. For the sake of her children,

that Briony's love for those two children was unwavering. Stewart was gone. She would never

Ferdinand burned with jealousy. If only Briony could spare him a fraction of the love she lavished on those kids, he

few months, his own child

care why you're staying with me." His eyes

blood.

is stay by my side, and I won't take it out on the people you

stared back, silent. She'd stopped

day she'd made

now on, treat Ferdinand as nothing

If she didn't see him as a person, nothing he did could hurt her. All

to do was remember why

was still here.

have your wedding if you want," she said

said before, I'll only

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