This is something that popped up on my readers radar.
RFC often uses never as a cue for something that will
happen. Here is a quote from War of Honor Chapter 12
"Despite all that had happened to finally drive her to this place, Honor sensed the living, welcoming presence of Hamish Alexander's home, and a part of her reached out to it. Yet even as she yearned towards its shelter, she knew it could never be hers … "
There are certainly others