Chapter 20 - The Horizon

I stood on the beach, the morning sun rising over the ocean.
I felt the weight of the past finally lift.
I was no longer the girl who had been shamed, nor the woman who had fought a war.
I was just a person, living in a world that I had helped to set right.
I walked toward the water, the sand cool beneath my feet.
The horizon was clear, endless, and quiet.
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The story was over.
And for the first time in my life, I was writing the next chapter alone.