Lila’s POV “We need to move now,” Marcus said, examining the cell door lock. “If we wait until morning, we’ll lose any advantage we have.”“Wait.” Elena’s voice came through the wall gap, urgent but strangely soft. “Marcus, come here. Let me see your hand.”Marcus looked confused but moved to the gap, reaching through. The moment their skin touched, I saw it, the flash of recognition, the sudden tension in both their bodies, the way their breathing synchronized.“Oh,” Elena breathed. “Oh, goddess.”Marcus’s eyes went wide. “You’re… we’re…”“Second chance mates,” Elena finished, wondering and disbelief mixing in her voice. “After all this time. After everything. The Moon Goddess gave me another chance.”I watched them, their hands still clasped through the gap, and felt something warm bloom in my chest despite our dire circumstances. Elena deserved this. Deserved happiness after three years of imprisonment and suffering.“I don’t understand,” Marcus said, his tactical mind struggling
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