Belonging.
She'd known she was part of this strange, chaotic, beautiful family… but only now did she feel it in full. Now that the crushing weight of fear and hatred and despair had been lifted, now that the man who haunted her dreams was reduced to nothing more than a near-corpse in a chair behind her…
She could finally see the picture. Clearly. Entirely.
Quinlan. Seraphiel. The girls. Her sisters. Her allies. Her heart.
All she needed now was her mother… and then, maybe, she could finally call herself whole.
Her gaze lingered on Quinlan. She said nothing more. Just smiled with every inch of her soul.
…
"Alrighty. Serika is going to stay in my Soul Realm for a bit, we have a new family member she's getting acquainted with. Let's not disturb her," Quinlan began.