She slammed into Phei with enough force to stagger him—arms wrapping around his neck, face buried in his chest, sobbing and laughing at the same time. Her whole body shook with the force of emotions she couldn't name.
Phei caught her.
Held her—he smiled.
A real smile.
Actually happy.
Emily pulled back just enough to look at his face—saw that smile—and started crying harder.
"You did it," she sobbed. "You actually—you—"
"We did it,"Phei said.
She hugged him again.
Then more Simps, piling on. A wall of grateful, crying, laughing girls surrounding their dragon.
Landon got tackled by three Simps at once—went down laughing, arms spread wide, accepting his worship with the grace of a man who'd just helped slay a god.
Emily reluctantly broke away from Phei just long enough thank Landon too. "You idiot!" she sobbed into his shoulder. "You actually did it!"
"Call me idiot again, I will tell you dad." They laughed.
