My Sworn Enemy Took Me In After A Storm—Then I Found The Secret In His Attic
Part 2
I stared at the faded black ink, my hands trembling violently in the dim attic light.
My great-grandfather and Craig’s great-grandfather hadn’t been bitter enemies at all.
They had been inseparable, fiercely loyal best friends since their early university days.
The journal detailed exactly how my great-grandfather had fallen into massive, insurmountable debt and faced absolute public ruin.
Craig’s ancestor hadn’t tried to steal the priceless library collection from him in a moment of terrible weakness.
He had deliberately manufactured a completely fake, highly public legal claim against our failing estate.
Under the believable cover of a bitter, raging feud, he secretly funneled enormous sums of money to my family to save us from total bankruptcy.
He intentionally destroyed his own impeccable good name just to provide a rock-solid cover story.
He allowed the entire county to genuinely think he was a grasping, arrogant villain who preyed on his vulnerable neighbors.
He bore a full century of public scorn just to protect my family’s terrible secret shame.
The endless feud wasn’t an act of vicious, calculated aggression.
It was an act of profound, incredibly sacrificial love between two deeply devoted friends.
I sat totally alone in the dust, hot tears streaming uncontrollably down my flushed face.
We had spent our entire adult lives fiercely fighting a terrifying ghost that never even existed.
I held the absolute, undeniable proof that the Stanford family were the greatest, most honorable heroes we ever had.
I desperately wanted to run downstairs and throw my arms around the incredible man who had shown me so much quiet kindness.
I wanted to wipe away the dark, ugly stain on his family’s proud honor once and for all.
But revealing this massive secret would permanently expose my own ancestors as massive financial failures.
It would completely undo the incredible, lifelong sacrifice Craig’s great-grandfather had made to fiercely protect us.
My chest ached terribly with the heavy, impossible burden of suddenly knowing the complete truth.
I gently closed the worn leather cover, feeling more completely lost than I had ever been in my entire life.
I had finally found the absolutely perfect man, only to realize our entire shared history was a beautiful, deeply tragic lie.
But how could I look the amazing man I loved in the eye and tell him his family’s dark reputation was a lie built entirely to save mine?
Part 3
Megan Higgins stood at the tall, drafty window of Larkler Manor, her dark eyes scanning the ominous gray clouds gathering over the dense treeline.
For three generations, her fiercely proud family had stubbornly occupied this sprawling, slowly decaying estate.
Her late father had been a brilliant scholar, spending his entire life completely buried in dusty books rather than managing the failing agricultural lands.
As a direct result, the ancient stone house was slowly, tragically crumbling around them, starved of the vital funds needed for basic upkeep.
The absolute crown jewel of the entire estate was the magnificent, structurally distinct west gallery, historically known as the Penhalligan Wing.
It housed one of the most extensive, incredibly valuable private collections of antique books and rare manuscripts in the entire county.
It was also the sole reason she was currently locked in a bitter, seemingly endless legal war with her incredibly wealthy neighbor.
Craig Stanford, the extremely powerful and deeply reserved Duke of Ashwood, lived just across the sprawling, forested valley.
His great-grandfather had initiated a vicious, highly public legal claim against her family, insisting the massive book collection was collateral for an unpaid debt.
The Stanford family had relentlessly pressed the aggressive claim ever since, turning a simple boundary dispute into a generational blood feud.
Megan fiercely refused to surrender her beloved father’s legacy to a grasping, arrogant aristocrat who already possessed more wealth than he could ever spend.
She spent countless hours huddled with her weary estate steward, Mr. Henderson, pouring over complex legal ledgers trying to find a way to secure the collection.
The bitter feud was a constant, exhausting shadow hanging heavily over every single aspect of her difficult life.
The first heavy drop of rain hit the window glass with a sharp, terrifying crack, breaking her out of her dark reverie.
The autumn storm descended on the vulnerable valley with a shocking, unprecedented ferocity, unleashing a furious onslaught of wind and water.
By midnight, the howling gale was tearing viciously at the loose slate tiles, rattling the ancient window frames like a massive beast trying to get in.
Megan lay awake in her cold, damp bedroom, listening anxiously to the terrifying groaning of the massive wooden timbers above her head.
The historic house felt incredibly fragile, its extreme age a severe weakness against the brutal, unrelenting assault of the massive storm.
The deafening sound that finally forced her from her warm bed was not the howling wind, but a deep, rending crack.
It was immediately followed by a rumbling, terrifying cascade of debris that seemed to violently shake the very foundations of the building.
She hurriedly pulled on a thick woolen dressing gown, grabbing a flickering candle as she rushed blindly into the dark hallway.
She found her elderly companion, Mrs. Miller, standing in the corridor with a pale, utterly terrified expression on her wrinkled face.
They hurried together toward the west gallery, the heavy smell of wet plaster and rotting wood hitting them before they even reached the massive doors.
The scene inside the gallery was one of absolute, heartbreaking devastation.
A huge, massive section of the ornate ceiling had completely collapsed under the terrible weight of the pooling water.
It had brought down tons of heavy plaster, sharp wooden lathes, and a massive deluge of freezing, filthy rainwater.
Ancient, hand-carved oak beams, slick with dark dampness, sagged dangerously, threatening to bring down the rest of the vulnerable roof.
The beautiful parquet floor was now a treacherous, uneven landscape of sharp debris and spreading pools of dark, muddy water.
Mr. Henderson was already standing there in the wreckage, his grim face illuminated by the flickering, unsteady candlelight.
He delivered the final, crushing blow in a tight, terrified voice.
The massive main support truss had completely given way, rendering the entire historic wing dangerously unstable.
Worse, the terrible structural damage compromised the main part of the house, causing the kitchens to flood rapidly.
A massive stone chimney stack was currently threatening to collapse entirely, meaning the house was utterly unsafe for habitation.
Megan stared at the horrifying wreckage, her heart sinking completely into her stomach as the terrible reality washed over her.
She had absolutely no money to fix this massive disaster, and absolutely nowhere to safely take her loyal, terrified staff.
The bitter, horrible truth was that they had to completely evacuate the premises before the rest of the fragile roof caved in.
Mrs. Miller gently placed a trembling hand on Megan’s rigid shoulder, speaking the absolute unthinkable out loud.
She quietly pointed out that there was only one great house for miles capable of sheltering them on such incredibly short notice.
Ashwood, the massive estate of her sworn enemy, the Duke of Fenwood.
Megan recoiled sharply, declaring fiercely that she would rather sleep on the cold, hard ground in the damp stables.
But the terrifying thought of her elderly housekeeper and young maids suffering in the freezing cold broke through her stubborn pride.
She realized with a sickening jolt that her fierce pride was a luxury she simply could no longer afford.
Swallowing the bitter taste of utter humiliation, she returned to her freezing study to write the most difficult letter of her entire life.
It was incredibly formal, completely devoid of emotion, and presented a simple, direct statement of terrible fact.
Larkler Manor had sustained massive, catastrophic damage in the storm and was currently uninhabitable.
She stiffly requested the basic courtesy of temporary shelter for herself and her entire household until alternative arrangements could be made.
She sealed the letter with her father’s heavy wax ring and sent a groom riding blindly into the terrible storm.
She nervously paced the floor, fully expecting a cold, mocking rejection from the arrogant aristocrat.
Instead, less than an hour later, the Duke’s massive personal carriage crunched heavily onto the gravel drive.
It was completely empty, sent specifically to collect them from the terrible, freezing wreckage of their home.
The brief, formal note from the Duke simply stated that his massive house was entirely at her disposal.
Megan gathered her few personal belongings, feeling a profound, nauseating sense of total dislocation.
She was leaving her ancestral fortress to take up temporary residence directly in the heart of deeply hostile enemy territory.
The carriage ride was agonizingly short, dropping them in front of the breathtakingly massive Palladian architecture of Ashwood.
Craig Stanford stood alone at the very top of the grand stone steps, dressed in severe, imposing black.
His slate-blue eyes were completely unreadable, betraying absolutely no sign of triumph or cruel gloating.
He formally welcomed them to his massive estate, his deep voice low, even, and completely devoid of any inflection.
He generously offered them the complete use of the entire south wing, effectively giving them a massive house in miniature.
He smoothly instructed his own housekeeper to coordinate seamlessly with Megan’s staff, ensuring their total comfort.
And then he simply turned on his heel and disappeared into the shadowy depths of his massive house without another word.
He had performed his aristocratic duty with the cold, precise efficiency of an experienced surgeon.
Megan and her displaced household quickly settled into the incredibly luxurious, beautifully appointed rooms of the south wing.
The strange geography of the massive house perfectly mirrored the terrible geography of their incredibly strained relations.
They were two separate, warring powers coexisting nervously under one massive, neutral roof.
For the first tense week, the stilted, incredibly uncomfortable peace managed to hold without incident.
Megan saw the Duke only once, catching a fleeting glimpse of his tall figure walking his large dogs across the expansive lawn.
He deliberately did not look toward the large windows of the south wing, acting completely as if she were not even there.
Megan spent her long days in anxious, exhausting conferences with Mr. Henderson, reviewing the terrible reports from the surveyors.
The astronomical cost of the extensive repairs was completely ruinous, threatening to bankrupt her family entirely.
Desperate for a momentary distraction from the grim mathematics, she hesitantly ventured into the massive, central library.
The breathtaking room was two stories high, lined from floor to ceiling with thousands of incredibly valuable leather-bound books.
To her absolute horror, Craig was sitting quietly at a massive oak table, surrounded by large agricultural maps and detailed ledgers.
He looked up quickly as she entered, his usually composed expression betraying a brief, surprising flicker of surprise.
She stammered a clumsy apology, explaining nervously that she was looking for a specific practical book on timber management.
Instead of mocking her, he rose smoothly and pointed her toward the correct section on the upper gallery.
As she retrieved the heavy volume, she noticed the margins were filled with sharp, highly intelligent handwritten notes.
They were Craig’s personal notes, revealing a man who understood his land not just as a possession, but as a complex, living system.
She had mistakenly pictured him as a lazy aristocrat, but these detailed notes revealed a man who worked incredibly hard.
Suddenly, the heavy library doors burst open, and a highly agitated tenant farmer rushed into the quiet room.
He frantically reported that the old shared culvert in the upper meadow was completely blocked, backing up massive amounts of water.
It was threatening to completely ruin the valuable grazing land for tenants on both sides of the contested border.
Megan stepped forward immediately, stating clearly that her own tenant had reported the exact same serious problem.
Craig didn’t hesitate for a single second, immediately instructing the farmer to meet him at the culvert with heavy shovels.
He looked up at Megan, a silent, challenging question hanging heavily in his intense, slate-blue eyes.
Megan firmly declared that she would be there as well, refusing to shirk her own heavy responsibilities.
The very next morning was freezing cold, the thick air heavy with dense, gray mist.
Megan arrived at the muddy boundary line to find Craig already standing knee-deep in the freezing, filthy water.
He had discarded his heavy coat, working fiercely in his crisp white shirtsleeves, which were already completely spattered with dark mud.
For two brutal, agonizing hours, they worked relentlessly alongside the desperate farmers.
They fiercely dug into the thick, clay-heavy mud, frantically clearing the massive stones and debris blocking the vital channel.
Megan directed her own grooms perfectly, pointing out the secondary blockages hidden beneath the murky water.
She watched Craig work with a quiet, incredibly focused intensity, his strong movements incredibly efficient and completely uncomplaining.
There was absolutely no sense that this dirty, grueling labor was somehow beneath his elevated aristocratic station.
When a massive, deeply embedded rock stubbornly refused to budge, Megan astutely pointed out a hidden fissure on its underside.
Following her precise instructions, Craig expertly jammed a long iron crowbar into the crack, finally levering the massive stone free.
A massive torrent of pent-up water surged triumphantly through the fully cleared channel, saving the valuable fields from total ruin.
Standing together in the freezing, damp meadow, surrounded by the heavy smell of wet earth, Megan felt a strange, sudden peace.
The terrible enmity between their ancient houses suddenly felt incredibly distant, like a foolish story told by other people.
Craig wiped his muddy, bleeding hands on a rough rag, quietly and sincerely thanking her for her brilliant assistance.
He looked at her with a new, intense gaze that held absolutely no hostility, only a deep, profound respect.
He then quietly offered her completely unrestricted access to his massive, fully stocked timber yards at strict cost price.
He carefully framed the incredibly generous offer as a simple commercial transaction, perfectly preserving her fragile, battered pride.
Megan accepted the generous offer, her voice barely a whisper as the absolute magnitude of his kindness washed over her.
The new arrangement created a constant, bustling traffic of heavy timber carts between the two massive estates.
It also necessitated much more frequent, intensely focused meetings between the master of Ashwood and the mistress of Larkler.
They met daily by unspoken agreement in the neutral territory of the massive library, their heads bent closely over the architectural plans.
Megan quickly discovered a man of formidable, intimidating intelligence, possessing a deep understanding of complex construction and finance.
He never condescended to her, always speaking to her exactly as an equal, and frequently deferring to her intimate knowledge of her home.
The comfortable, incredibly productive truce shattered completely on a rainy Tuesday evening.
Their slimy family solicitor, Mr. Barnes, arrived unexpectedly to draw up the formal legal agreements for the extensive timber purchases.
Barnes was a portly, excessively smooth man who had actively managed the bitter dispute for decades.
As they sat around the heavy library table, Barnes smiled slickly and offered a highly manipulative, poisonous observation.
He smugly suggested that accepting the Duke’s generous timber made Megan look completely dependent and helpless.
He loudly insisted that a Chancery judge would clearly view it as an implicit, massive acknowledgment of the Duke’s superior legal claim.
A cold, terrifying knot of pure anger formed instantly in Megan’s stomach as the poisonous words sank in.
She stared horrified at Craig, her fragile, newly formed trust shattering into a million jagged, painful pieces.
She demanded to know if Craig had actively planned this deceptive strategy to weaken her vulnerable position.
Craig’s handsome face became a terrifying mask of cold, absolute fury as he ordered the solicitor to be completely silent.
But the terrible damage was already done, the ugly suspicion poisoning everything they had slowly built together.
Megan furiously pushed the unsigned legal documents away, bitterly accusing Craig of using her terrible misfortune as a calculated weapon.
She stormed out of the massive library, her back perfectly straight, refusing to let him see the hot tears stinging her eyes.
For four agonizing, miserable days, a heavy wall of impenetrable ice descended completely between the south wing and the north wing.
They communicated solely through brief, highly formal written messages delivered rigidly by their nervous staff.
Megan felt completely trapped by her own terrible misjudgment, entirely unsure if she had been cruelly deceived or if she had deeply wronged him.
The suffocating tension broke only when a massive, terrifying crisis struck the vulnerable local village.
A highly contagious, dangerously high fever broke out in the small cluster of cottages located directly on the shared estate border.
Several poor families fell desperately ill, completely overwhelming the single, exhausted local doctor.
Without a single second thought, Megan rapidly gathered a massive basket of vital medical supplies and clean linens from the kitchens.
She hurried frantically through the freezing rain to the village, pushing open the heavy door of the most crowded cottage.
To her absolute, profound shock, she found the incredibly wealthy Duke of Ashwood already kneeling on the hard dirt floor.
He was quietly, efficiently measuring out precise doses of bitter quinine for a violently coughing, terrified child.
For the rest of the agonizingly long night, they worked together as a silent, incredibly efficient medical team.
Craig used his impressive physical strength to gently move the delirious, feverish men into more comfortable, elevated positions.
Megan patiently bathed boiling foreheads with cool water, her quiet, soothing voice calming the absolutely terrified mothers.
In the desperate, shared work of saving fragile lives, they saw each other completely stripped of grand titles and foolish pride.
When they finally stepped out into the freezing moonlight, utterly exhausted and covered in grime, Craig turned to face her.
His deep voice was incredibly rough with extreme fatigue as he confessed something that shocked her to her very core.
He had permanently, irrevocably fired Mr. Barnes, completely severing the corrupt solicitor’s lucrative connection to the massive estate.
Craig revealed that Barnes had deliberately twisted his innocent words, aggressively nurturing the bitter grievance because it lined his own greedy pockets.
He firmly stated that he had never once believed she was beholden to him, but deeply admired her fierce, unyielding pride.
Megan looked up at his shadowed face, realizing with absolute clarity that he was a man of deep, unbending integrity.
She quietly whispered that she believed him, a profound admission of her own terrible failing in the library.
They walked slowly back to the massive house together, a new, incredibly deep understanding forged in the terrible crucible of shared suffering.
The invisible, suffocating walls between the two wings of the massive house completely dissolved in the following weeks.
They dined together every single evening, their lengthy conversations completely free of the old, bitter hostility.
Megan finally realized, with a terrifying, breathless certainty, that she was falling completely, hopelessly in love with her sworn enemy.
Driven by a new, desperate curiosity to understand how the terrible feud had actually started, she ventured into her own dusty attics.
She frantically searched through ancient trunks, finally unearthing a small, faded leather journal kept by her great-grandfather.
She carried the incredibly fragile book back to Ashwood, sitting alone in the quiet south wing to read the spidery handwriting.
What she read on the very first page made her heart completely stop in her chest.
The bitter, century-long feud between their fiercely proud families was a complete, highly constructed fabrication.
Her great-grandfather had fallen into massive, insurmountable debt, facing absolute public ruin and terrible disgrace.
Craig’s great-grandfather hadn’t tried to aggressively steal the priceless library collection in a moment of terrible weakness.
He had deliberately manufactured a completely fake, highly public legal claim against her failing estate.
Under the highly believable cover of a bitter, raging feud, he had secretly funneled enormous sums of money to save her family.
He had intentionally destroyed his own impeccable good name just to provide a rock-solid, completely deniable cover story.
He had allowed the entire county to genuinely think he was a grasping, arrogant villain who cruelly preyed on his vulnerable neighbors.
The endless, exhausting feud wasn’t an act of vicious, calculated aggression, but an act of profound, sacrificial love between two devoted friends.
Megan clutched the heavy book tightly to her chest, her heart aching terribly with the sheer weight of the astonishing revelation.
She desperately wanted to run straight downstairs, find Craig in his massive library, and show him the undeniable truth immediately.
But she hesitated, paralyzed by the sudden, terrifying realization of what this meant for her own family’s historical legacy.
Revealing the truth would wonderfully clear his family’s tarnished name, but it would publicly expose her own ancestors as massive financial failures.
It would lay completely bare the very secret his incredibly generous ancestor had sacrificed absolutely everything to hide.
She slowly carried the heavy journal back to her desk, locking it safely away while carrying the massive secret like a heavy stone.
Her unbearable silence was painfully compounded by the sudden, highly unwelcome arrival of Sir Tyler Reed.
Sir Tyler was a wealthy, outrageously pompous neighboring landowner who had been aggressively trying to court her for several tedious months.
He took it upon himself to visit the Ashwood estate daily, parking himself arrogantly in the center of the grand drawing room.
He foolishly thought the absolute best way to win her favor was to loudly and aggressively insult his aristocratic host.
He repeatedly called the Stanford family arrogant and grasping, echoing the exact ugly lie Megan now knew was entirely false.
Every single word out of Sir Tyler’s mouth made her stomach twist violently with overwhelming, nauseating guilt.
Craig endured the endless, insulting visits with an icy, impeccable courtesy that only made Megan admire him more.
The absolute breaking point finally arrived on a dark, rainy Thursday afternoon.
Sir Tyler puffed out his chest importantly, loudly declaring that Craig was completely dishonorable for pressing his legal advantage.
He arrogantly insisted a true, proper gentleman would never try to steal a vulnerable lady’s rightful inheritance.
Craig stood perfectly still by the massive stone fireplace, his posture rigid and his strong jaw clenched dangerously tight.
He finally stepped forward, his slate-blue eyes flashing dangerously as he ordered Sir Tyler to stop speaking immediately.
He firmly told the pompous knight that he would not tolerate such vile insults under his own roof.
Sir Tyler flushed bright red, sputtering defensively that he was only aggressively defending a helpless lady’s vulnerable interests.
Craig didn’t even blink, stating firmly that Megan was more than capable of fiercely fighting her own battles.
He added sharply that she certainly didn’t need a foolish champion who was so deeply, hopelessly ill-informed about the situation.
Sir Tyler snatched his expensive hat, bowed dramatically to Megan, and stormed out furiously into the driving rain.
The heavy oak door slammed violently shut, leaving a ringing, highly charged silence in the vast drawing room.
Megan looked at Craig, her chest tight with a sudden, overwhelming surge of raw, powerful emotion.
He hadn’t aggressively defended his own honor against the horrible accusations.
He had fiercely defended her absolute competence, her impressive strength, and her fierce independence.
He slowly ran a tired hand over his face, quietly apologizing for subjecting her to the embarrassing, aggressive outburst.
Megan shook her head emphatically, whispering a quiet, heartfelt thank you across the expansive space separating them.
Craig stepped much closer, his intense, deeply searching gaze locking firmly onto hers.
He told her softly that Sir Tyler didn’t see her at all, but merely a helpless prize to be won.
He said that he saw exactly who she was, a brilliantly capable woman who needed absolutely no one to rescue her.
The raw, completely unguarded sincerity in his deep voice stripped away the very last of her lingering hesitation.
She finally knew exactly what she had to do, regardless of the historical consequences for her family’s precious pride.
The absolute truth wasn’t a dangerous weapon to be feared or hidden away in the dark.
It was the only possible key that could finally set them both free from the terrible prison of their ancestors’ making.
Megan turned swiftly on her heel and ran frantically down the long corridor to the south wing.
She hastily retrieved the ancient journal from her desk and brought it straight back to the drawing room.
She pressed the worn leather book firmly into his large hands, pointing a trembling finger to the faded, spidery ink.
Megan watched his handsome face intently as he slowly read the shocking words his great-grandfather had written so long ago.
She saw his thick brow furrow in deep confusion, trying desperately to make sense of the impossible narrative.
Then, his eyes went incredibly wide with absolute, world-shifting shock as the truth finally clicked into place.
He read the long passage a second time, his breath catching audibly in his tight throat.
He whispered brokenly that his family had been fiercely guarding her family’s honor the entire time, and they hadn’t even known it.
Megan nodded slowly, a single, hot tear slipping quietly down her own pale cheek.
She told him it was a beautiful secret pact, a vicious feud built entirely on a foundation of profound love.
Craig sank heavily into a massive leather armchair, the crushing weight of a century lifting completely off his broad shoulders.
He asked her in a quiet, incredibly lost voice what they were supposed to do with this massive, world-altering information.
Megan smiled softly, a profound, beautiful sense of complete peace washing over her battered heart.
She told him they were going to permanently end the ridiculous performance once and for all.
They didn’t need to tell the gossiping world the messy, complicated truth about their great-grandfathers.
They just needed to tell each other, to completely trust each other, and to finally build something real.
The very next morning, they met privately in the grand library to forge a real, lasting peace treaty.
Craig quickly drafted a formal, legally binding letter, irrevocably withdrawing his family’s aggressive claim on the contested collection.
He cleverly cited unspecified new historical evidence to completely save face with the aggressive local solicitors.
In return, Megan enthusiastically drafted a formal, legally binding letter of her own.
She formally gifted the entire massive collection to the county, establishing a brand new public educational trust.
She requested that Craig serve as the permanent, distinguished chairman of the new administrative board.
He signed the heavy parchment papers without a single, fleeting moment of hesitation.
A month later, the extensive, highly expensive roof repairs on Megan’s crumbling estate were finally, completely finished.
She carefully packed her few belongings, walking through the completely empty south wing one last, nostalgic time.
She had her beloved ancestral home back, but the terrible thought of returning to its massive, empty rooms made her chest ache.
She stepped slowly out into the crisp, chilly morning air to find Craig waiting silently by her packed carriage.
He held a single, beautifully preserved leather-bound book in his large, incredibly strong hands.
He handed it to her gently, explaining it was a special housewarming gift from the new public trust.
Megan traced the delicate gold lettering, her heart hammering wildly against her ribs as she realized what it was.
It was the extremely rare first edition of Milton, the absolute crown jewel of the historically contested collection.
Craig took a deep, incredibly shaky breath, his usual heavily guarded expression completely, entirely gone.
He told her quietly that his massive, luxurious estate felt far too incredibly quiet without her vibrant presence in it.
He nervously proposed a permanent, highly legal union of their two historically warring families.
He didn’t want an aggressive legal claim over some dusty books; he deeply wanted a loving, fiercely devoted marriage.
He looked deeply into her beautiful eyes and asked her to do him the profound honor of becoming his beloved wife.
Megan didn’t need to think about her joyous answer for even a single, fleeting second.
She stepped warmly into his strong arms, telling him yes with absolutely everything she possessed.
One year later, the brand new public library proudly opened its massive oak doors in the bustling center of the county town.
A simple, elegant brass plaque hung brightly by the main entrance for all to see.
It simply read: In memory of a great, incredibly enduring friendship.
Megan and Craig stood happily side by side in the crowded, echoing hall, their hands firmly, warmly linked together.
The bitter boundary line that had violently divided them for a hundred long years was finally, completely erased.
They had wisely looked past the bitter, hateful stories they were repeatedly told by their ancestors.
And in the very heart of their greatest historical enemy, they had completely found their truest, most undeniable love.
THE END
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