[Kenly]

Placing a soft kiss on his lips, she nodded. Guiding him to their son, she nudged him.

"Open your eyes and gaze upon the single most important item in your waking life. Keep him in your heart and in your mind as you pass from this plane to the next. Keep him near to your consciousness to remind you why you must come back to us. I can't raise him without his father..."

Leading him gently back to the side of the tub, she gently urged him to bend forward. With tears in her eyes and a severe shake in her hand, she drew the blade quickly across his throat, finishing the last bit of the spell.

"Akso e asto
Asto minna akso
Kemina en fanyare
laisi ho nuru"

(bone from dust
dust into bone
earth to sky
life from death)

As his body bled out and gave its last drop of life-blood to the pool of crimson within the tub, she sank to her knees, sobbing from the power thrumming through her body and the horror at what she had just done, even though she knew he would soon be coming back to her.

After what felt like an eternity of cradling the lifeless form of him, she gently laid Duryn's cold body upon the floor and scooted to the counter, quickly rinsing the blood from her hands. Shaking, she pulled Lukas from his swing and cradled him to her as she sat in a heap on the floor.

All they could do now was wait.