The moon hung low over the cliffs, bathing the valley below in silver light.
For the first time in what felt like forever, the world was quiet.
No alarms.
No battles.
No screams.
Just the sound of the wind weaving through the trees.
Kaelira stood beside Ronan, their fingers intertwined.
Only hours had passed since their first kiss, yet everything between them felt different.
The fear was still there.
The danger hadn’t disappeared.
But so had the silence that had kept them apart.
For the first time, neither of them was pretending they didn’t belong to the other.
They walked slowly along the cliff’s edge without speaking.
Words suddenly felt too small for everything they had survived.
Finally, Ronan broke the silence.
“I’ve been thinking.”
Kaelira smiled faintly.
“That usual
