เข้าสู่ระบบWhen I opened my eyes again, she was standing. She looked different. Her smile was softer but distant. It was Lila. And it wasn’t. My hand tightened around the reins until the leather creaked. “Lila,” I breathed, too quiet for anyone else to hear. The name tasted like salvation. For a long time,
Damon The trail ended where the forest broke apart into a snowy clearing. I reined in my horse at the ridge, staring down at the village tucked against the trees. Small, quiet, and almost shockingly ordinary. After years of war camps and blood-soaked fields, it looked like a whole other world.
If Damon was close, he wouldn’t fine me in this storm anyway. Hours later, the village slept under a soft blanket of snow, the air had stilled with the dwindling storm. Kael had gone home hours ago, and the kids were curled against each other, safe and dreaming. I couldn’t sleep. The moment I clo
Lila The morning began like any other over the past two years. A pale sun crawled through the clouds, spilling faint light across the counter as I ground feverfew into a fine powder. The scent filled the apothecary, warm and sharp against the cold seeping through the shutters. Kael was sorting j
I smiled, keeping my hands busy with the ledger so he wouldn’t see how tight my chest had gone. “They’d like that.” He hesitated like he wanted to say more, then only nodded. “Then it’s a plan.” I stood there for a long time in thought. Kael had built something strong and steady around us – warmth
Lila The bell above the apothecary door chimed as Kael pushed it open, shaking the snow from his coat like a wet wolf. “Cold enough to freeze your lungs out there,” he said, dropping a crate of dried herbs onto the counter with a grunt. “You could’ve waited until morning,” I said, taking the crat







