She was losing them. They would never come back. No words. Nothing. Just…this was it.
The best she could do was imagine what would happen as they grew older. New jobs. Relationships. Perhaps even marriage and foals. Then…illnesses and failures and deaths. But she’d never know. Could never know. This was all she would get, cursed by their creator to forever wonder, hope, and dread.
Twilight hesitated. Considered just stopping. Putting off this final goodbye forever. Leave it this way and protect her heart.
But, despite the dread, she couldn’t resist, and so she turned the final page.
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