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AfterwordLove conquered all, or at least that was what Jackie had always led herself to believe. Love was supposed to be immeasurable and immutable—invincible and insurmountable, and any other adjective she could think of that began with the letter ‘I’. Did Paris and Helen of Troy let anyone come between their love? Well, okay, they may have started a war that cost thousands of people their lives and brought about the destruction of an entire kingdom, but they followed their hearts and that’s all that mattered in the end. Wasn’t it?Afterword by ~chromeknickers
Jackie was certainly no Helen of Troy; she was vastly hotter than the ill-fated Trojan pr

The Descent :: Chapter 5"Stay your steps. Do not retreat from me . . .The Descent :: Chapter 5 by ~chromeknickers
This is the last time fate will let us speak."
THEY TRICKED HER. The gods had tricked her!
Katara was so angry right now she could scream, but making a single noise on this bridge could void the spiritual contract and send Zuko straight to Naraka, a realm of torment and agony. That thought alone kept her mouth shut. The idea of Zuko being sent to hell because of her terrified yet drove her forward all the same.
It wasn’t entirely Varuna’s fault, Katara eventually reasoned—actually, it wasn’t the goddess’s fault at all. It was her own. Katara was the one who was s