Elena
*****Late Night — The Moon Gardens of New Silverfang*****
I didn’t know Chase was acting strange at first.
That was the thing about peace, it made you careless.
You stopped watching every movement like it might be the start of another war. You stopped bracing yourself for loss.
So when Chase kept glancing at the sky, then at me, then at his hands like they didn’t belong to him, I thought he was just overwhelmed.
We were walking through the Moon Gardens, a new place, built where the old execution grounds used to be.
That alone still made my chest ache.
The gardens stretched wide beneath the open night sky, silver-white flowers glowing faintly under the moon.
Water ran through shallow channels carved into stone, reflecting lantern light and stars. No guards. No walls. Just ope
