“On second thoughts, maybe we should send them to bed,” Erik teased and Julius chuckled.
“Wanna go for a walk?” I asked Callie and she nodded keenly as we stood from our chairs and headed down the lawn past our children.
The night air blew around us and her hand slid effortlessly into mine.
“It's hard to believe this life is really ours,” Callie said and I nodded in agreement, my heart aching at what we'd almost lost at the holy mountain.
“I'm not a fan of the gods, but I do have a soft spot for Odin for giving us one more chance at life,” I said.
We reached the edge of the lawn where a sparkling stream stretched out before us beneath the light of the moon. It flowed all the way to the sea where the waves lapped the shore and gulls cried their final lament before they headed down to roost.
“It's strange...I feel like we were always meant to end up here,” Callie said quietly and I squeezed her fingers.
“I think our fate was always ours to choose somehow. Even though the gods pushed and pulled us one way or the other. We wanted to end up here, so we did.”
We gazed out at the view as time seemed to slow. Forever awaited us beyond this world. But before then, we would drink every drop of life that we could. We'd bask in the sun, gaze at the moon, and brand every perfect moment into our souls. So when we left our mortal bodies behind for the final time, we would have a million memories to carry with us. And we couldn't really ask for more than that.
“I'm glad we're here,” Callie said, turning to me and her blue eyes glittered with tears of joy.
“We'll always be together. It's just the way it is.” I pulled her into my arms and the two halves of us fell together.
The sun and the moon.
Light and dark in perfect balance.
Two sisters bound forever in an endless dusk and dawn.
NOTE FROM THE AUTHORS
When I teamed up with my sister, Susanne Valenti, to write this series, I had no idea of the journey we were going to go on with it. It’s been such a wonderful ride and we’ve loved bringing these characters to life so much! I will miss them every day.
(For anyone interested I wrote Erik and Montana’s story and my sister wrote Callie and Magnar’s.)
It’s so sad to leave them behind but we are now moving on to co-writing more series together. Working with my sister makes this process so wonderfully easy, I never realised how great it could be! We bounce back and forth with ideas and when one of us stalls, the other one pushes her along. It’s been such a learning curve and I’m super excited to move onto new projects. The next of which will be an Aladdin retelling with a Rapunzel twist releasing on the 31st of May (add to your Goodreads TBR now!)
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And a heartfelt thankyou to our parents who have put up with our rambling daydreams since forever and who always encourage us to soar to greater heights.
Forever grateful,
Caroline and Susanne
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