I wake up in a beautiful meadow. It feels like spring. The air is warm, but not hot. There’s a stream


    gurgling nearby and birds are singing all around me. I sit up, looking around.


    “Andra?‘


    My head is empty. Andra is gone.


    Is this death? I’m in a beautiful ce, but I’m alone?


    “Andra!” I yell, looking around.


    And that’s when I see her. Selene. Beside her is a beautiful brown woll. “Andra?”


    Shees bounding over to me, tackling me to the ground. “Andra. Oh Andra!” I say, hugging her and


    running my fingers through her fur.


    I look up and stand as Selene walks up. “Lily.” She says to me before looking around.


    “Is this your realm?” I ask her, following her gaze.


    “No, it isn’t. It seems you Guardians continue to surprise me. You’ve put yourself in a ce where it


    appears you can choose.”


    “Choose?”


    “Choose toe with me to my realm or stay and watch over your family and friends.” She gestures in


    a


    direction, and I see what looks like a pack gathering in the distance.


    “Why can’t I hear Andra in my head?” I ask, looking back at my wolf.


    She turns back, running her fingers through Andra’s fur. “You were a Guardian. As such, the spirit of


    the


    Guardian must go to another. In order for that to happen, I have to separate you from your wolf. So, this


    is Andra, and she can understand you, but you will no longer be able to hear her in your head. You are


    now two beings, rather than one. She is the same, other than no longer being a Guardian.”


    I bend down, wrapping my arms around her. “I’m so d you’re here with me. For a moment. I thought


    you were gone too.”


    She chuffs at me. I smile, pulling back to look at her. “We’ll have to figure out a new way to


    communicate, although, having had you in my head for nearly 20 years, I think I know what you’re


    thinking.”


    She rubs her face against me before I stand. I look at the pack gathering and then back to Selene.


    “I can stay here?”


    She smiles at me. “Apparently, you can. No other child of mine has ever ended up somewhere other


    than


    my realm when they passed, but here you are.”


    I turn back to the gathering in the distance, feeling drawn to it. “I’d like to stay here. How long do I


    have?” I ask her.


    She looks around. “Since you created this ne, I’d say you have as long as you choose to stay here.”


    I take a step toward the gathering. “How will I let you know when I’m ready toe to your realm?”


    “Something tells me I’ll know.” She says.


    I look at Andra and in unison, we begin jogging to the gathering. As I get closer, I realize it’s a funeral


    They areying someone to rest, and I can hear the gentle sobs of those watching the service. At the


    front is a pyre. This person is getting a warrior’s send off.


    As we walk closer, I see Clint in a wheelchair and my heart aches at the sight. Selene said he’d be


    injured. I hadn’t considered that it might be permanent. He looks empty, haunted, devoid of all emotion.


    I suddenly have a sh of seeing him in this life, telling him he has to live for our daughter. I’m thankful


    he


    has done this for me.


    Cara is sitting on hisp, his arms are wrapped around her and her head is buried in his neck as she


    cries. Beside him, Calista stands, looking almost as distraught as Clint. She is holding Rik’s hand and


    tears are falling down his face as well. Beside Rik is Liam. He is standing stoically, but I can see the


    tension on his face. As I look, I see Alpha Christopher and Anastasia, Alpha Eric, Zoe and their children


    and many other pack representatives that I’ve met over the years. Our entire pack is here, making this


    a


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    I turn back and see Anders standing above the pyre on a stage and suddenly I realize this is my My


    hand instantly reaches out for Andra and she is there, standing next to me. I look back at the hundreds


    of people who have gathered to say goodbye to me. All of them are in tears.


    funeral.


    I’m suddenly reminded of something I heard years ago, called the ripple effect. You don’t always realize


    the impact you have on other people’s lives. One drop into a body of water sends ripples out in every


    direction. As I watch, I open my mind and I hear the voices, thanking me for saving them, saving their


    children, their mates, for being a friend when they had no one else, for being kind to them when they


    needed someone. I’m overwhelmed at the outpouring of love.


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