Semua Bab Moon Bound With You: Bab 51 - Bab 53

SebastianRowan doesn’t say anything else after that.Neither do I. We stand by the window for a while, watching the trees as they might blink first. Nothing happens. No movement. No sound that doesn’t belong.That doesn’t make it better.The feeling doesn’t go away when we step back from the glass. It settles instead, low and watchful, like the start of a headache you know is going to get worse later.“I’m hungry,” I say eventually.It’s half an excuse. Halfway to making the world smaller. Rowan nods once. “I’ll make something.”I move into the kitchen, mostly so I don’t keep standing there thinking about what he said. About what he didn’t.Older. Reactive. Choice.Those words don’t leave you alone once they get in. Rowan cooks like everything is measured even when he isn’t measuring. It’s one of the first things I noticed about him back when all he was to me was the guy who kept pushing my limits in the gym. Nothing wasted. Nothing rushed.I lean against the counter, watching him wi

SebastianI don’t sleep right away.Not because I’m wired. Because my thoughts won’t settle into anything shapeless.“Anchor.” The word keeps circling back.Not a weapon. Not the door. Not a mistake. Something built to hold. I lie on my back, one arm thrown over my eyes, listening to the quiet movements of the cabin. Rowan is in the other room. The faint creak of the walls. Wind brushes the roof like fingers. The bond hums faintly, steady as a second pulse.It doesn’t tell me anything.It doesn’t need to. Rowan’s words don’t feel like a revelation. They feel like something being named that was already shaping me.I sit up, swing my legs over the edge of the bed, and stand. The cold floor grounds me. I move quietly through the cabin, stopping in the doorway of the small room Rowan uses. He’s at the desk, jacket off, sleeves rolled, a book open in front of him. He doesn’t look surprised when he senses me there.“You’re not asleep,” he says.“Neither are you.”“No.” I step inside and lea