Sacrificed To The Triplet Alpha Kings

”But I’m going to come back,” she said finally, her voice steadier now despite the tears still falling. ”I don’t know when. I don’t know how often the brothers will let me leave Blackwood territory to visit. But I’m going to come back, Mama. I’m going to sit in this chair and I’m going to talk to you and I’m going to tell you everything that happens to me out there. You’re going to hear about every moment of it, and maybe...maybe that will be enough to bring you back. Maybe hearing about my life will be the thing that finally wakes you up.”

She wiped at her eyes with the back of her hand, not bothering with the tears anymore, letting them fall freely.

”And if you don’t wake up,” she continued, her voice dropping to barely a whisper, ”if you stay like this forever, I want you to know that’s okay too. I want you to know that you didn’t fail me by getting sick. You didn’t fail me by being unconscious for these four months. You couldn’t have protected me any better than you already did, and I need you to know that I’ve made peace with that.”

She brought her mother’s hand up to her lips and kissed it gently.