“We love you, Kit. We’ll always be here for you,” Jate said to her right.
“Even when we’re broken,” Danyen added, getting a giggle out of her and the others.
“It’s our privilege to be with you,” Drake said in his deep, steady voice.
Reeve took her hand. “Your belief in us has shaped us into who we are.”
“And given us the confidence to stand with you as you become queen,” Landon said in her ear.
“It’s all been well-worth it, Kit, to see you take the throne.” Cassius was still battered, but he looked much better now, with a smile on his face, than he had since Kit had found him in the dungeon.
