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“In that case, I have an idea…”

Both the human and noc thrones were free. The goddess wanted balance and harmony.

What better way to unite the light and the dark, than to rule them together?

Epilogue I

HADI

It turned out that when you ended a war and freed the world from a monstrous dictator who had been quietly murdering all the people of the land for years, you weren’t met with much resistance.

I was the former king of the nocs. I had fought against humans, slaughtering their kind for years, and yet no one seemed to have a problem with me moving into the human palace.

To be fair, they had been slaughtering us right back. Perhaps everyone was just accepting the fact that we had all been manipulated.

It was the truth after all and whether they knew it now or not, having a joint human-noc throne was their best option.

“Ready?” Sun asked.

I looked away from the window, where countless humans and nocs were gathered, peacefully waiting. I had only ever seen so many of us mingling on battlefields before and it was a strange sight to wrap my head around now.

But all other thoughts vanished when I saw Sun standing next to me in his coronation robes.

Green suited him. Being clean and well-rested suited him too. He looked lovely with his long hair tied up in braids and jewels adorning his skin. Although I had to admit, I liked him more when he was naked and flushed with pleasure, his hair down and messy. Just Sun, and us, his lovers, and soulmates. When we were all cuddled up in bed, that was when we were the most ourselves. Of course, for us to fit at the same time, the bed had to be more of a very comfortable mattress spread across almost our entire bed chamber like a carpet.

“You look good,” Sun breathed, looking me up and down.

My stomach fluttered at the praise, and I glanced over at the mirror.

“Do you think so?”

I still felt silly with my hair combed so neatly and the human top covering my torso.

The seamstress had made custom silken adornments to drape over my spider hind side and although they were made with care, it still seemed strange as a noc to wear clothes at all.

As though to prove me wrong, Clem suddenly danced into the room, decked head to toe in silky human clothes, the same delighted pink that he was tinted all over.

“I'm surprised you haven't eaten that outfit,” I mused, and he giggled.

“It's very tempting, but far too pretty.”

Smiling sweetly, he hugged Sun and kissed his cheek.

“Thank you for the outfit!”

He had been thanking Sun profusely for every scrap of expensive clothing he'd given him since we'd moved into the palace. Of course, after a day or two, he always chewed holes in them, so they were no longer presentable, but no one seemed to mind. I had never seen a happier mothian.

“You look lovely,” Sun informed him, squeezing him tightly. “Where are Bracken and Kiar?”

“They're out there waiting for us to go to the coronation room together. I was sent to fetch you both.”

Sun nodded, then, with a fortifying breath, he led us from the room.

Kiar and Bracken both grinned when they saw me.

“You look so presentable, Hadi,” Bracken laughed.

I shoved him lightly, smiling.

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