#Chapter311
/"We are almost there,/" she mumbles as they ride up the hill. Leona looks around, everything is so familiar, yet destroyed.
She used to roam in these roads, but now it’s only filled with blood and death. Winning this war isn’t what’s hard; bouncing back from this will be.
She sighs, wrapping her hands tighter around his torso. He puts one of his hands on hers, wanting to comfort her. Zed never experienced all these emotions, since he was groomed from a young age to be a killer, a machine for Asher.
But with her, he learns all these new things that will help him be the leader that is needed, a partner for her to bring balance.
She squeezes her eyes to see further away and realizes Asher is inside the palace, where she was expecting him to be.
/"There,/" she points out with Neale and Zed following her finger.