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CHAPTER 425
~Zara's POV~
The rhythmic hum of the helicopter had long since faded into a tense silence as we flew over the dark marshlands of the Eastern Lands, heading for the Serpent Crane. Four hours in, my body ached from sitting, but my mind remained sharp.
How couldn't it be when all I did was replay the moment of Snow's death over and over again? And the way those words rolled out his tongue when he told me he loved me always made my heart ache.
Astrid still hadn't spoken a word to me since his death. We were no longer bonded, but no man had loved either of us as he did.
Sure, Snow made his own mistakes, but he was still the best man I could have asked for.
"Astrid?"
"Hm."
"Astrid, come on, talk to me."
"There's nothing to say, Zara. I just have to project you always and bring you back to Snow in one piece."
"That's good enough for me. We are in this together."
