LUCIAN
Leah stands beside me in a green velvet gown all ready to go. As always, I'm dressed in my black suit. She holds her head, her lips set in calm defiance, and it takes everything in me not to stop and just… stare. She doesn’t know what she does to me, or maybe she does. She always seems to now, with that teasing smile and slow blink, like she’s finally aware of the effect she has, and owns it.
We’ve made it through so much together. We've made it through silence, through secrets… through Elara. i barely ever think of her now. It’s as if that unhealed part of me has finally found its salve, and it’s walking beside me, spine straight, steps sure, chin tilted in strength.
Leah, my second chance, my everything.
A soft knock interrupts the quiet moment between us. I tense instincti
