I stared at Rowena. Rowena stared back at me. The silence stretched between us like a rubber band about to snap.
Then I turned my head.
Alicia was in the corner of the cave. Crying.
Not soft, sniffly crying either this was full-blown dramatic anime protagonist who just witnessed their lover get slain before their eyes crying. Big, ugly tears rolled down her face, her shoulders shook, and her hands were clasped together as if she had just witnessed a miracle.
"What the hell is going on?" I finally asked, feeling like I had walked into a completely different story arc.
Alicia let out a hiccupping sob and wiped her eyes with the back of her sleeve. "It's just—" she choked out, "I never thought I'd be this happy—" Another dramatic sob. "I have no regrets!"