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▹ 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘺-𝘵𝘸𝘰

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CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO 

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          "NO!" Artemis shouted as she fell down, her legs no longer being able to hold her any longer. Disbelief filled her body and mind. Din could not be dead. He wasn't dead. Please don't let him be dead.

Cobb removed his helmet and kneeled down next to her. He was still staring at the place where the dragon had disappeared in the ground with Din, in disbelief. From behind him, Artemis could hear the kid whine, but she didn't have the energy to comfort him. Her green eyes were glassy as she gazed at the sand.

And then the ground started to rumble and she jumped up again, pulling Cobb with her. Both of her hands were on the hilts of her lightsabers, ready to pull them off her belt and ignite them at any moment.

The krayt dragon re-emerged from the ground and opened its mouth as it roared. Din flew out of its mouth and detonated the explosives.

The krayt dragon exploded, sending out such a big force that knocked Artemis to the ground. The dragon fell on the ground, dead, but that wasn't Artemis' main priority.

"Din!" she exclaimed, scrambling back up and running towards him as he landed onto his feet. She wanted to curse him, hug him, kiss him and kill him all at the same time, but Din stopped her when she came too close.

"I'm covered in acid," he said. "You'll get hurt."

"I'll get hurt?" Artemis said, her voice raising a couple of octaves. "I though—I thought—I thought you were dead!"

Those last words came out as a sob as she started to cry. It had been five years since she had last cried—at Anakin's death—but now that she had started, she wasn't able to stop.

"Hey," Din said, immediately closing the distance between them, but he didn't hug her. Instead, he pulled off one of his gloves and brushed her tears away with his fingers. "I'm all right. I'm okay. I'm fine, Fury. I'm here with you. Everything's all right." He then cupped her cheek. "I could never leave you."

Artemis smiled, wanting nothing more than to hug him to death, but there was still the acid problem and Din would never allow her to do it anyway.

Behind them, people started to cheer and Cobb joined the two of them.

"Sorry," Din apologized to the two of them, putting his glove back on. "I had no time to explain."

"No need," Cobb said cheerfully, handing him the armor. "This was well-earned."

"It was our pleasure," Din said, as he shook Cob's hand.

"And I've definitely underestimated you," Cobb said, turning to Artemis. "Sorry about that."