Three Months Later…
It has been three months since I woke up in that hospital bed, the taste of fear still bitter in my throat and Caleb’s green eyes anchoring me to life. Three months since the world I once knew—the world of Moon’s Fang, with its betrayals and broken promises—crumbled like the van Serena intended to make my grave. Yet here, in Silver Creek, I have found something I never thought possible: peace. Not the fragile kind, where you wait for the next blow, but a deep calm, like the murmur of the river that runs through town, constant and reassuring. With each passing day, the weight of my past grows lighter, though it never completely fades. The secrets still linger in the shadows, but for the first time, I believe I can face them—not alone, but with Caleb by my side.
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