Caitlyn
SOULS DIDN'T MEET by accident. Everything came crashing down at the race.
The moment the engines roared to life, the entire atmosphere around me shifted into something louder, faster, and far more dangerous than I was ready for. The sound didn't just fill the air—it took over everything, vibrating beneath my feet, shaking through the metal bleachers, rattling inside my chest until it felt like my heartbeat had been replaced by the brutal rhythm of the track.
Even after I had made it back to my seat, I couldn't quite register how I'd gotten there. One second, I had been standing in front of Lucien with his hand still warm against my skin and his voice lingering in my head like a promise I didn't know whether to believe, and the next, I was gripping the cold railing in front of me
