I hadn’t realized how much I needed silence until I stepped into it.
The forest stretched out around us, the sound of the wind rustling through the leaves, the only noise that filled the empty space between me and Cassian. Everything had been moving so fast. The visions, the power, the revelations that were shaking me to my core. But now, in the quiet, it was like everything was coming to a head.
I had barely spoken since I came out of that vision. I couldn’t. My mind was still reeling, trying to piece together the fragments of what I had seen. I wasn’t sure if I even understood what it meant for us.
And for Cassian.
He was standing a few feet away, his arms crossed over his chest, his back straight. He hadn’t moved, hadn’t said a word, but I could feel his presence in the air, like a
