Lynn stood next to Enna, both soaked in blood. It was Enna’s last mission. She would be retiring after this. She had wanted her last one to be special, so she had convinced Lynn to join her.

“I missed this, but it sucks they were monsters.” Lynn sighed as she gazed at all the corpses in the field. There were about a hundred of them, from wolves and predatory birds to displacement beasts and even a few small dragons.

Enna fiddled with one of her pockets, nervous about something, but she did not show her nervousness in her voice. “It’s because the barrier has rapidly shrunk the past few years. And the monsters are being forced from their territories.”

Lynn looked into the horizon, where she could see the reflection of the barrier. It was really close. Too close for her liking. She hated those things beyond the barrier, as much as she hated certain people.

Enna took a deep breath, attracting Lynn’s attention. Enna pulled a small box from her pocket and kneeled before Lynn. She presented the box, and peeled back the top. “Lynn Yue, would you marry me?”

Lynn was stunned. Her beautiful, blood soaked lover had proposed. Usually she did things like this, and Enna would just go with the flow. This had caught her off guard, but perhaps that was planned. She didn’t even have to think as tears streamed down her face, and she gave a radiant smile. She pulled Enna up into a hug. “Yes… yes, yes.”

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“My commitment to you is one I give willingly, absolutely, and without hesitation. I am yours utterly and have been since the moment we met. We were married before this day, and will always be.”

Lynn was dressed in a black suit. The most formal set of clothing she had ever worn. She didn’t mind though, it was for Enna she wore it. She was even happier when she didn’t have to dress like Enna.

Enna was dressed in a white, flowing, wedding gown. She was gorgeous and Lynn couldn’t wait for what came after the wedding. Not that either of them needed a honeymoon, seeing as they are now both retired.

Enna kissed Lynn, who was daydreaming which was followed by a cheer. Their old mercenary friends were here, and a few of their friends and acquaintances that lived in town. It was a small wedding, held under the moon. There was no priest at the wedding, merely the leader of the mercenary guild; in fact Lynn had said she would kill any of the priesthood if they dared come.

Enna held her arms to Lynn, the signal Lynn had been waiting for. She picked up her bride and spun to face the crowd of friends. “Have fun at the party, but if you’ll excuse me and my lovely wife, we have to do what all newlyweds do the night of their wedding.”

They laughed and cheered as Lynn launched them through the darkness of the sky, towards their home.