The Sage's Reign (The Final Lesson Book 2) by Shakyra Dunn

Author:Shakyra Dunn [Dunn, Shakyra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-13T04:00:00+00:00

When Sien stumbled upon Rem, he was toting a bag over his right shoulder. They held deep stares for at least twenty seconds before Sien decided it was better to avoid another argument, but she stopped in her tracks when Rem asked calmly to speak with her. Confused as she was, she couldn’t say no, and they took a walk around Kinsley’s tattered grounds.

“You know, if you aren’t comfortable being out here, we could always go back to the building to talk.” Rem was still shaking at the sight of the ruins, and it was becoming noticeable. He waved off Sien’s statement, putting his hands in his pockets, lowering his head.

“I wanted to apologize for earlier,” he told her. “It was way out of line.”

Sien folded her hands in front of her. “I don’t deny that. But I was more out of line. I shouldn’t have tried to stick my nose into the situation without considering your thoughts. I know that you want to help as many people as you can. Your parents didn’t have much trouble shaping a regime, but now that the burden of reforming it is yours, I imagine it’s harder to get in good graces with war coming.”

Rem rubbed his temples. “I’d love to say no to them. Everyone here is acting pretentious about the world outside of this city. It’s right below the kingdom. No wrong has come to them before now.”

Sien raised an eyebrow. “If you see that, then why are you so insistent on helping them?”

“I couldn’t stop the destruction. I couldn’t do anything about innocent people being slaughtered.” He shakily exhaled. “I wasn’t strong enough to slow down Sentora either, not before he took down Leilana and Solus. He marveled at the idea that everything was going to be lost and hearing those words shattered my confidence. For just one minute, I thought that giving up was okay. And when I stepped out to see this city for the first time, when I forced myself to hold up my head… it made me realize that Sentora was right about one thing.”

“What’s that?” she asked evenly.

“If I’m still breathing and fighting, at least until this conflict is resolved, then destruction will be in the wake of my footsteps.”

Sien rested her hands on his shoulders. “It’s not like you gave the order for execution or laid down your sword to watch everything fall. What Hinju planned, it may have been to draw you out, but you have no responsibility for the fate of others. I would never blame you.”

She moved her hands to cup his cheeks, smiling softly. “Everything that you have done up to this point has been to correct your mistakes. Seeing you consider giving up when you’ve come so far, it’s something that none of us would accept. You’re already a king in my eyes. You accept that someday you’ll make things right, which is hard for someone that’s lost so much already. You were always able to pick yourself back up and resolve the conflict in your heart, and you strive for justice.

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