The windows.
The shadows.
But my heart stays on her.
When dawn finally touches the room in pale gold, she’s still nestled between us—my hand still holding hers, Finn’s arm around her shoulder, Kael pressed close at her knees.
Safe.
All night.
She doesn’t wake yet.
But when she does...nothing will be the same.
Not for her.
Not for us.
Not for me.
Because somewhere between the fear and the breaking and the silence—
She became ours.
And I don’t think any of us are ever giving her back.
Chapter 56: Kael
The sun shouldn’t bethis bright.
Not after a night like that.
Not after watching Wren break in front of us.
Not after watching her fall asleep between us like she was finally safe for the first time in weeks.
