In front of the tombstone, the "father and daughter" embraced, feeling each other's heartbeats, enveloped in a silence where words were unnecessary.
Ansel could sense through Helen's heart the warm and vigorous pulsations, a testament to the tenderness and reliance she harbored towards him.
He instinctively tightened his embrace around the delicate woman in his arms, realizing with profound clarity that… he had indeed become the sole pillar in her life.
Every fragment of her past that had once belonged to Ravenna was methodically stripped away, and the once towering, majestic, and radiant figure in her heart was now replaced by Ansel.
Thus, the entity known as Helen had, in the truest sense… completed her rebirth.
After the embrace, Ansel took Helen's hand, feeling her small, soft hand gripping his with more strength than usual.