"I know what you gave up," she says after the kiss. "And it means the world to me."

Mia takes her other hand and carefully strokes his hair, leaning up to kiss at his hairline.

"Don't give him another thought. He is part of a vocal yet small group, the ones who wish Vane could be as it was and don't realize it will never be that way again. They mope and whine about what is now gone and don't see what wonderful things lie ahead. And you're a part of those wonderful things, beloved."