Solving For R or Variations on a Theme Drabbles

by Terry Winder

A series of Drabbles cowritten with Nancy Brown speculating on John, Shayera & Warhawk. Possible Spoilers.

2. Tender are the Memories

(by)+k(1) equals(bx) by Terry Winder

(Contains spoilers for Epilogue.)

They'd been sitting on the swings for some time. He'd held her hand as she'd told him of the things Cadmus had taken from her, things Cadmus had denied her. She tearfully accepted that she had no future and that her life would end very soon.

He told her he envied her. He'd seen his future and he knew he would end his days as a bitter, lonely old man and sometimes that knowledge made it hard for him to go on.

Shortly after collapsing in his arms, Ace gently touched his forehead and with her last breath said, "Forget."