Before the Winter Soldier, he was just Bucky. And for one fleeting year, he was hers. Two thousand years prepared Ileana for empires and monsters, but not for loving James Bachanan Barnes-or surviving him. After Bucky is lost to the war, Ileana stays behind to raise Erik, a child rescued from Auschwitz, teaching him to live, to fight, to endure. But even immortals can't escape loss, and letting go may be the hardest lesson of all.
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