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AresThe castle loomed against the night sky, dark and forbidding.I felt Leah tense beside me as we approached.“Last chance to turn back,” I said quietly.“Not a chance.” Her hand tightened on her sword. “We end this tonight.”We moved through the shadows, avoiding the main gates, heading for the old servant’s entrance Elinor had told us about.It was exactly where she’d said. A small door, partially hidden by overgrown vines.I tested the handle. Locked.“Let me,” Leah whispered.She pulled a thin piece of metal from her belt—something Elinor had taught her—and worked the lock.Within seconds, it clicked open.“Where did you learn that?” I asked.“Elinor has many skills.” She smiled slightly. “Remind me to thank her if we survive this.”We slipped inside, moving through the dark corridors.The castle was quiet. Most of Luciana’s forces would be asleep at this hour.We made our way to the kitchens, then down the back stairs toward the vault level.Everything was going according to p

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LeahWe returned to the safe house as dawn broke.Elena was indeed sleeping peacefully, exactly as Elinor had left her.I picked her up, holding her close, breathing in her baby smell.“Mama’s here,” I whispered. “Mama’s back. And you’re safe now. We’re all safe.”Ares’s arms came around both of us, and we stood like that for a long moment.A family.Reunited. Safe. Whole.“What now?” I finally asked.“Now?” Ares smiled tiredly. “Now we go home.”“Where’s home?”“Wherever we want it to be.” He kissed the top of my head. “The castle. The cabin. Somewhere entirely new. Wherever you and Elena are, that’s home.”“The cabin,” I said immediately. “Let’s rebuild it. Make it ours again.”“Then that’s what we’ll do.”We rested for a day at the safe house, both of us too exhausted to travel.That night, after Elena was asleep and Elinor had discreetly retired, Ares pulled me into his arms.“We won,” he said, wonder in his voice. “We actually won.”“We did.” I traced patterns on his chest. “No m

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I woke to chaos.Elena, now three and a half, was jumping on the bed.“Mama! Papa! Wake up! Baby Thomas is crying!”Ares groaned, pulling a pillow over his head. “It’s your turn.”“I did the midnight feeding.” I shoved him. “Your turn.”He stumbled out of bed, scooping up Elena in one arm while heading to the nursery.I heard him soothing Thomas, our eighteen-month-old son, and smiled.Three children now. Elena, Thomas, and the new baby growing in my belly.Our family was expanding. Thriving.I got up, stretching, and moved to the window.The sun was just rising over the lake, painting everything gold.In the distance, I could see the castle—our castle now. We’d reclaimed it, but we only visited occasionally for official business.This cabin was our real home.Where we were happy. Where we were safe. Where we were us.Ares returned with both children, Thomas on his hip, Elena holding his hand.“Someone wants breakfast,” he announced.We made our way to the kitchen together, the mornin

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