[Sabriel frowns thoughtfully, remembering the sorrow she had felt at having lost her father and being taken away from Touchstone when she had first been brought to Luceti.]

There is always the possibility that she could return...but assuming that the Malnosso do not decide to do so, we learn to cope with the separation. Keeping her in your thoughts keeps a part of her with you.

Not even the Malnosso can take that away.