"I'm just happy, which seems ridiculous because there's a looming battle that we're not prepared for...but I am. We haven't been together like this in a long time. It feels...right. I miss this." "It's not ridiculous," he moved to stand behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist and resting his chin on top of her head. "I'm happy, too." She reached across to lace her fingers with his. "We're always together in the way it counts. Besides, true friends...family," he amended, "is never far away." ~*~ What happened after Germain and before the happily ever after? Never Far Away picks up five years after the events of Not Alone, and it hasn't exactly been smooth sailing for our miraculous team. Will they be able to defeat the force that threatens to tear them apart? Will they actually get to that happily ever after? (You should probably read Not Alone first, but I'm not the boss of you. Live your life.)