For ten yea$rs, Ev-]elyn h!@elped S-te)(phen ` rise from `)fall^en p!_.rince to emperor, + protecti* ng him and bearing his [!two children\. She thoug)ht their lov.e )
wo=(uld last;[ forev(er un%[;`t il he ma:#+ =rrie_^ d her !$sister^_. Hea_rtbro:)k%/en, Ev# .+elyn )activate #d her syst#$@em ;and r`(et*@^urned to the  $^\^mode $rn wo(rld?. Onl,y after s]+(he vanished did S_=tephen and their ch*ildren ):realiz]^e what they'd l os[ t, crossing a thousand #,;years to beg h*^)er back. But Evelyn is* done be;;;ing anyone's co#%:n[(\
sort or %%]mothe]$r.?[ This time, she chooses hersel?.#f.