Ares’s POVThings were finally starting to align. The vacation was nearly over, the days slipping by like soft sand through my fingers, and Selene and I were finally together. All that remained was for the world to see it—to see us—and the puzzle pieces would fall into place, neat, complete, whole.Every time I saw her, something inside me resurrected. Something I thought had been buried, dormant, finally stirred again. And now…finally, she felt it too—or at least, she had realized she felt it. It was almost unbearable, the thought that the woman I had loved across lifetimes was here, in this small room, hers and mine alone, breathing the same air.It felt too good. Too real. Too perfect.I splashed my face under the running water, the cool droplets cascading over my skin, trying to wash away the surreal haze. I wanted to convince myself that it had all been a dream, a figment of my imagination, but when I felt the warmth linger and the reflection staring back at me wasn’t gone, I kne
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