Chasing Shadows

Epilogue

He waited until it was late before he sat at his computer and accessed a certain encrypted file. After keying in the decryption sequence, he set to work continuing the record he’d been keeping for the last five years.

Saphrona and Mark returned to the farm today. Although she has not told me the truth of why she was really gone for the last three days, she does not need to. Not only has the wyvern already done so (as recorded in my last entry), but I can see on Saphrona’s face that she has been through hell. Thank God for reanimation—had immortal humans not also been granted that capability, I have no doubt that these words would be very different… and my last in this history.

When I talked to her, Saphrona told me that her father was paying for a new barn, and that by Saturday, her animals would no longer be a burden to me. I told her that while I was worried during her absence, I had no doubt she would return, and reminded her that I was happy to help her out. The excuse she gave me for being gone was that her sister had passed from an undiagnosed heart condition, and I played my part by offering my condolences for her loss—though I can’t help wishing I could have told her that bitch Evangeline got what she deserved.

Forgive me. This is meant to be a historical record of Saphrona’s life, not a diary of my feelings on her sister’s insanity.

With Evangeline dead and Mark recovered, Saphrona will be able to rebuild her life and move on. And of course, I will be here to record the major events of that life for as long as she remains close by.