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I crumpled up the paper and pulled Lena toward me.

Amma was home.

Amma was with me.

And Amma was gone.

I pretty much wept until the sun fell out of the sky and the meadow around me was as dark and as light as I felt.

CHAPTER 39

A Hymn for Amma

order is not orderly

no more than things are things

hallelujah

no sense to be made of water towers

or christmas towns

when you can’t tell up from down

hallelujah

graves are always grave

from inside or out

and love breaks what can’t be broken

hallelujah

one I loved I loved, one I loved I lost

now she is strong though she is gone

found and paid her way

she flew away

hallelujah

light the dark—sing the greats

a new day

hallelujah

EPILOGUE

After

That night, I lay in my ancient mahogany bed in my room, like generations of Wates before me. Books beneath me. Broken cell phone next to me. Old iPod hanging around my neck. Even my road map was back on the wall again. Lena had taped it up herself. It didn’t matter how comfortable everything was. I couldn’t sleep—that’s how much thinking I had to do.


Tags: Kami Garcia Caster Chronicles Young Adult