Chapter 41: Fragments
Alexander rarely dreamed.
And when he did—
he usually forgot them the moment he woke up.
But this time was different.
Rain falling over marble pathways.
A royal garden filled with white roses.
A little girl laughing as she ran ahead of him.
Silver bracelet shining under sunlight.
And a small voice saying softly:
“Don’t forget me, okay?”
Alexander woke abruptly.
His breathing uneven for the first time in years.
The dark room remained silent around him as he sat up slowly, running a hand through his hair while the fragments replayed again in his mind.
The bracelet.
The girl.
The feeling.
And somehow—
Kailey’s face kept replacing the blurry memory.
Alexander frowned immediately.
Impossible.
Yet no matter how much logic pushed against it—
the feeling
