~HUNTER’S POV~
The city hums beneath me, a dull, never-ending sound. Lights stretch across the skyline, flickering like tiny, distant ghosts. Everything looks the same as it always does—cold, unreachable.
And yet, my mind won’t quiet.
Three years.
Three years, and the memory is still just out of reach. Like a dream I wake up from too soon. Like a song I almost remember but never fully do.
I press my fingers against my temples, exhaling slowly.
I’ve tried. God knows I’ve tried. I’ve torn that night apart in my head, searching for something real, something solid. But all I ever get are fragments.
Soft fingers. Warm breath. A laugh that feels like home.
But her face? Always a blur.
And now—now there’s him.
Caesar.
A kid with blue eyes that look too much like min
