#Ansel’s Epilogue: A New Tomorrow
Ansel and Karin waited together on the wings of the stage, listening to the cheers and booming voice over the microphone.
Edwin had been removed from the election ballot. The next in-line for the throne, a cousin, replaced him. Ansel won in a landslide.
Ansel looked at Karin. She was leaning against her crutches. Her raven hair fell down over her shoulders. Her brown eyes were warm and flecked with gold.
“Did I ever tell you,” he said, “How proud I am of you?”
A blush came over her cheeks. She raised her eyebrow. “What for?”
“You llean into your confidence more and more everyday,” he said. “I always knew you were feisty as s**t, but until the day of the attack, when I really saw you in action, I didn’t fully recognize just how courageous and str
