Gabriel Trent, grappling with the weight of unspoken farewells, found himself standing outside Mia's cottage—a place that had once been a sanctuary of shared dreams. The pendant lights above, though silent witnesses to the shadows that loomed within, cast a soft radiance on the cobblestone pathway leading to Mia's door.
With a hesitant exhale, Gabriel raised his hand and knocked. The sound echoed through the quiet night, a harbinger of the tumultuous dialogue that awaited within. The pendant around his neck, a quiet companion to the turmoil within, felt like a symbolic emblem of the connection he had yet to unravel.
The door creaked open, revealing Mia's surprised expression. "Gabriel, what are you doing here?"
He swallowed the lump in his throat, meeting her gaze with a mix of determin
