Calista knew she was pregnant. She had had an unusually long time as queen, where Fennbirn prospered and thrived, but soon it would be over.
Althea, Ash, and Haylen had ruled by her side for twenty long years. She had only nine months more to be queen.
She told Althea first, the familiar ice-blonde head bobbing with excitement, but also sorrow. Then,s he told Ash, who had lit up with a smile and immediately told Haylen that he was going to be a father. Calista didn't have the heart to tell him that they were the Goddess's children.
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The midwife, Elra, smiled as the poisoner queen and her king-consort came to her at last. Finally, the queen's reign was over.
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The new queens' names were Ashia, Aurora, and Aurkena. Poisoner. Naturalist. Elementalist.
Althea woke Calista on the day of her departure. Haylen and Althea snuck aboard the ship.
And there, on the mainland, they were finally free.