SEQUEL TO _Star Wars: The Jedi Reborn_
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Eleven years have passed since The Battle of Endor, and ten since The Battle of Jakku. With the discovery of _The Journal of the Whills_, an anc...
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When Leia was sure Ben was asleep, she kissed him lightly on the cheek and left the room.
She groaned when she saw Han waiting in the hall for her. At least Chewie had enough sense to get out of the firing zone.
They stood across from each other, staring, not knowing what to say. Han's hands rested on his hips while Leia crossed her arms. Minutes dragged on without either budging a centimeter.
Han tilted his head and smirked, about to say something. He waved his hand in dismissal and turned his back on her. Before he moved five steps down the corridor, he turned back.
Leia rushed to him. "Hold me," she said as the tears poured down her face.
The tall smuggler wrapped his arms around her, smoothing her back and nestling her head in his shoulder. More minutes passed as Leia moved from silent tears to hyperventilation to weeping.
After a few minutes, she composed herself, wiping her tears and pushing away slightly.
Han asked, "Better?"
Leia nodded her head. "I can't believe you're here."
"Why wouldn't I be? Our son might have died—still might never walk again, Leia." Worry lines creased his brow, lines Leia had rarely seen during their marriage.
"But you were never there when he needed you years ago, Han. How was I to know you'd show up now?"
"How about you? I haven't noticed you around the last six years. You sent us away and turned your back on us. Why, Leia?"
Leia turned her back to him. "I can't tell you, Han."
"What, there's something more important in your life than your husband and your son?"
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Ben awoke to hear the voices in the corridor outside his room—voices he had heard argue many times before. They haven't even been together for five minutes, and they're fighting already. Can't you guys get along for even a day?
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