The Black Key

These people are the air I breathe and the blood I bleed. They are my courage. I will not let them down.

“This is it,” he echoes in reply. He puts his hands on my shoulders. “Whatever happens tomorrow, whatever the day brings . . . at least we tried. We tried to do something bold and brave.”
“We tried to change the world,” I say.
He smiles gently. “Or our own little corner of it, at least.”

I am not disappointed.
Her mouth falls open.

We are the Paladin. We are more powerful than rock and stone. I know it now.

We tried to do something bold and brave.”
“We tried to change the world,” I say.
He smiles gently. “Or our own little corner of it, at least.”

“Ash thinks everything about you is beautiful.”