Peace didn’t last.
It never did.
The world had gone quiet after the fall of the curse—too quiet. The kind of silence that didn’t feel natural, like something was missing… or waiting.
Three days had passed.
Three days since everything ended.
Or at least—
That’s what they thought.
Luna stood at the edge of a high cliff, the wind brushing through her hair as her eyes scanned the endless land stretching before her. The sky was clear, painted in soft shades of blue and gold as the sun slowly climbed higher.
Everything looked… normal.
Too normal.
Her fingers tightened slightly at her sides.
“…why does this feel wrong?”
Behind her, footsteps approached.
Steady.
Familiar.
Kael.
“You’ve been standing here for a while,” he said calmly, stopping just a few steps behind her.
She didn’
