She put a hand on his arm, smiling.

-Meet me on the other side.

He remained silent for a moment before he took her resting hand and nodded. She finally disappeared to join her essence, leaving him alone. He still ignored if he had made the right decision but he began to understand what Cahal and Ciar had wanted to tell him.

Soon, the Veil would rise on Cinaed, marking the beginning of a new era. Meanwhile, he, the true Heart of Cinaed, would take back his place with Ciar within the City, arbitrating this time the rate of cycles with her and living through each of its inhabitants. On the sundial of the first tower, a shadow was visible, indicating the first hour of the first Cycle since the Threshold.