Chapter 48. Linopha

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Callum: Ez? Ezran!

Ezran: Linopha! Callum! Rayla!

Ezran ran over to them and hugged them.

Rayla: Ezran, what are you doing here?

Ezran: Let's just say that being king isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Phoe-phoe suddenly collapsed.

Ezran: Phoe-phoe?

Phoe-phoe started breathing heavily, and Ezran went over to her.

Ezran: Oh, no. She flew the whole way here. She's so tired, but she wouldn't let me stop her. You did so good, Phoe-Phoe, and now we made it.

Phoe-phoe stopped breathing, and closed her eyes, dead.

Ezran: No! You've got to be okay. You promised me you'd be okay.

Linopha: She's dead.

Phoe-phoe's body disappeared, but she left behind a ghost feather.

Ezran picked it up.

Ezran: She is going to be okay. She's a Moon Phoenix! When the time is right, she'll be reborn!

Ezran went over to play with Bait and Zym, while Callum stared at Avizandum.

Callum: I hate him.

Linopha: Same here. He started this war.

Callum: He's the one who killed my mother.

Rayla: Oh...

Callum: Looking at him, seeing him... It makes me sad, and angry, and... confused.

Rayla: Of course it does. It's painful. How could you feel any different?

Callum: See that spear?

Callum pointed at the spear in Avizandum's heart.

Callum: That was her spear, my mom's. And my stepdad put it into his heart. How am I supposed to feel about that?

Rayla: I don't know, Callum.

Callum: Glad? Happy that we got revenge? Or maybe regretful... and sad, because...

Rayla: Because what?

Callum: Because that was Zym's dad. I feel so sorry that this all happened.

Linopha: Yeah.

Rayla: Me too, Callum. But look at them, playing together.

Rayla pointed at Ezran, Bait, and Zym.

Rayla: That's the miracle. That's hope.

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