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Liora’s POV

The moment the wheels touched down on familiar ground, my heart began racing with a beautiful mix of excitement and nerves.

The island had felt like a dream — endless blue skies, soft kisses, and a version of Nikolai I’d fallen impossibly deeper in love with.

But home meant Alora. It meant reality. And after everything we’d healed on that island, I was terrified and thrilled to see how our new light would hold up in the world that had tried so hard to break us.

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