- Chapter 35✨
Rey didn't look at her mother when she came in, or at her father, who she blamed by association.
Leia wanted to cry. She could feel her daughter's anger and pain, her worry and sadness. I never meant to hurt you. She thought sadly.
She didn't blame her daughter for giving her the cold shoulder, she herself would have done much worse if anyone had hurt Han. She would help Luke heal the boy, and then maybe Rey would forgive her, someday.
After her Uncle and Mother had done what they could, Rey curled up beside her husband. Careful of the scar on his left side, she lay her head on his chest, listening to his heartbeat. She was so wrung out, that after a few moments, she fell asleep.
Kylo woke up hours later, his wife curled up beside him, sleeping peacefully. Had it all been a nightmare? No, a sharp ache in his lower abdomen told him very clearly that it hadn't. How am I alive? He wondered, looking at the angry, circular scar.
A moment later Rey woke up. She held onto him, shaking, as if he would disappear the moment she let go.
He tilted her face up and kissed her deeply, pulling her close and burying his fingers in her silky hair. "Are you alright?" He asked.
She laughed bitterly. "Am I alright?! You almost died." There were tears sliding down her cheeks, so he kissed them away.
"I'm still here." He whispered, kissing her again. "I'm still here, and I'm not going anywhere." He said cradling his wife in his arms, and gently stroking her hair. After a while he felt her become calmer.
"What happened?" He asked gently, not wanting to distress his wife further.
"My mother tried to kill you." She said trying not to cry.
"General Solo is your mother?!" He asked, shocked.
Luke sat in the cockpit meditating. Something had been bothering him about his niece's husband. Something about his Force signature was so familiar.
"Father, I need your guidance." He called through the Force.
After a moment a silhouette appeared and then slowly came into focus. "Yes, my son?"
Luke grinned, ever since that night on Endor his father had always answered when he needed advice.
"We found Rey, she's- she's married. But that isn't what concerns me. Her husband, his Force signature feels remarkably like yours, yet I know he's no relation. How is that possible?" Luke asked.
Anakin looked surprised, and then a moment later he looked furious. "So, the Sith are playing at creating life again are they?"
Luke was shocked. "You mean- you mean some Sith-"
"Yes, that is exactly what I mean. Tell me about this boy who married my granddaughter."