The late afternoon sun cast a soft golden glow over the quiet neighborhood illuminating the sprawling mansion where Audrey and Adam had begun to build a life they once only dreamed of. They had come so far from the dangers that once chased them through shadowed alleys and moonlit nights. Here in the heart of a peaceful town there was space to breathe to feel the world settle around them. For the first time in what felt like years Audrey experienced the smallest inkling of normalcy a sense that perhaps they could truly be free.
Yet even with the thick walls of the mansion and the calm quiet of their street Audrey knew Adam wasn’t at ease. He wore his vigilance like armor his gaze always scanning for invisible threats. She would often find him near the windows at night silhouetted against t
