Soledad went to the 3 knocks she heard at the magic door of her room in Fort Román, when crossing it she met Emma who gave her the envelope that the little girl from the forest had given her, who at that time was there with her little sister, while Brittany and a group of young girls who had already bathed them, They fed them.
- And who are these little angels who were lost out there?
Soledad tells the messenger girl, who already looked happier than scared.
-They are the ones that the matriarchy sacrificed to give us this envelope, it has no remitent, nor does it have a sender, it only has some strange symbols written, as if it were a word written in Apache or Cherokee language, or that I know, the fact is that nobody here could understand it. –says Emma.
The mulatto took the envelope, checked it everywhere at a glance, opening her eyes in amazement as she opened the envelope and read the word she had written on paper, in strange symbols that she did know read.
"Tenpecutli"
As soon as she read it, left that room to walk towards the reinforced doors of the fort.
- Let no one follow me!
She says imperatively to that group of women who were preparing to cover her on her way, and who had to give up her intention, only seeing her get lost in the darkness of that forest that surrounded the fort.
- I know you're here! –says Soledad. – Will you not pretend that it reaches the point of matriarchy?
And that's when she saw her Like a shadow in the dark, dressed in an elegant white dress, lace and holanes, very long dark hair, so long that it reached beyond the waist, carrying a white fan, totally useless for the cold of that morning, she used the fan to cover her face, only leaving visible that pair of beautiful black eyes.
-I already said that someone should be behind all this, because I was surprised by the sudden strategic organization of matriarchy; Stop things and tell me what you want?! –says Soledad.
- How bitter you have become, friend! —Tenpecutli tells her. - More than 200 years without seeing each other and not a hug or anything!
Soledad, still reluctant, let her approach her.
- That's it Soledad, Forgive me! I've already changed and I assure you I'm sorry. -says the apparition to Soledad without ceasing to hug her. —That's why I called you to try to fix this.
- Do not think that I have forgotten your betrayal and that you are the cause of all this! –says Soledad.
- There you do forgive me friend, but the cause of all this is you! If only you had allowed everyone who invoked her to be taken away this time, none of this would have happened. –says Tenpecutli.
- You don't know, Tenpecutli! But this time the blacklist consisted of hundreds or perhaps thousands of people. –says Soledad.
- What did it matter if it were hundreds or thousands? Anything was better than everyone else; Now you have to fix it!
- Fix it yourself! You who created the Countess and her curse; At least tell me what the forgiveness she are asking for consists of! –says Soledad.
-If I know that it was a big mistake to help that woman and it got out of control; But she was so evil that couldn't stop punishing her! At first I helped her because I was moved by her desire to be a mother, but she became so obsessed with her desire, that she went crazy, but diabolically crazy, to the extent that the sum of all her sins, already merited a curse that touched me install.
Now nobody knows how to finish it, because the truth is that I do not know what that forgiveness consists of, if I do not assure you that I would solve it myself, you must believe me, I assure you that I have already changed, if it were not so; Why do you think I took control of matriarchy? These poor women were killing each other without being guilty. –says Tenpecutli. -I am trying to solve it, but between this war and the affectations by the syndrome, it is becoming more difficult for me.
–And the worst thing is that it is not she will solve until we know how to make the Count forgive her. –says Soledad.
-I assure you that I do not know that; I swear to you by my children! And there is no point in invoking her back, she will only come to mock us and everyone and will have to fulfill her curse of taking those who invoked her, adding one more enemy to this all-out war, I offer you to negotiate a ceasefire with the matriarchy and keep them calm as much as possible, You control the fortified so that they do not go outside their perimeters, in which I try to find a solution with the leaders on this side.
-Perfect! Nothing more than to let me know when you decide to throw your army on me.
Soledad says, already saying goodbye to Tenpecutli, with a kiss on the cheek.
-That will not happen, friend, I assure you that I already changed, you will see. —Says the llorona, fading away.
Soledad returned to Fort Barrancas already calmer and happier, so much so, that you could even see in her eyes.
- I got a ceasefire!
She says just entering the facility, where Emma and Michelle were the first to celebrate the news.
- But who was that woman you were talking to! —Emma asks.
-A friend, rather a guardian of humanity that I formed hundreds of years ago, and betrayed me by leaving with the enemy, but assures me that it has already changed, let's see what happens.
Soledad says while in the distance, in the darkness of the forest, The gloomy and chilling cry that we all know was heard.
- AYYY MY SONS! WHERE ARE MY CHILDREN?
- Did you hear that? —Michelle asks, frightened.
-Yes, don't worry, so say hello.
Soledad says heading towards the dining area, to disappear through the magic door, of course, but not before saying goodbye to the little sisters recently rescued from the matriarchy.