They loved her, they loved their captain, and they loved Zikel.
Beth hadn’t known how much she’d missed having a family until she got here. The fact that Abby had accepted to join her was a bonus she had never dared to dream of.
As they walked toward the diner and the orcs they met smiled at them and waved, Beth felt her heart grow more and more. It grew with every smile, with every greeting, and with every light touch on her shoulder or arm.
She was one of them.
And it didn’t matter that she didn’t look like them.
Because she loved like them.
THE END