SHALIMAR POV

I'm really mad at you, Adam. You died before we could fix things between us. And there's a lot about you that you never trusted us enough to tell us. I wish you were here to answer my questions. I wish you were her so I could let you know that no matter how mad at you I am. . . I still love you, and think of you as my second father. I have no idea how things will work out with my birth father. I'm mad at myself that the last time we talked was to argue.

Emma, you I can't be mad at. You were a sister and best friend rolled into one. I'll miss that. I'll miss our late night girl talks. I'll miss going shopping with you. I'll miss a lot of things, but mostly I'll miss you.

OK. I'm not seeing dead people, I'm talking to them. Even if I'm not speaking aloud, just in my thoughts. This really is crazy. But that fits since the world seems to have gone crazy. I think I really would go crazy without Brennan, and Jesse. Jess has always been the stable one. But he's hurting too. It's not fair to expect him to hold the rest of us together.

As I look at this ring it's hard to believe Emma will never wear it again. That she won't come back in the door and say it was all a mistake. And as mad as I am at Adam, I'm going to miss him terribly. Who am I trying to kid? Going to? I already do.

No matter what happened at the end, you took me in and helped me heal. You taught me what my powers were and how to control them. And I think you did love me as your daughter. That has to count for something. I have to believe that counts for something. Just wish I knew what. But I'm wishing a lot of things lately.

I guess it's time. Time to put your rig by your names. Jesse did a good job of carving them. This just feels so final. Putting the ring on the small ledge. Seeing the names carved into the mountain. But I guess I always knew our story couldn't have a happy ending. Not in this world. And it fells like the story has ended. I suppose we're writing a new one know. Different characters, different world. At least it will be a world without Mason Eckart. I just hate that the price was so high.