MEGAN'S POVXarion has been smiling since we got in the car.Not a subtle smile. Not a restrained, Alpha-appropriate expression I'd expect from Xarion. A full, open, slightly ridiculous grin that keeps showing up every few minutes like he can't quite help himself, which, judging by the evidence, he can't.I'm sitting in the passenger seat watching him drive, and somehow I'm smiling too, which I'm choosing to blame on the general atmosphere rather than anything specific.Something has lifted.That's the only way I can describe it. Some weight that's been sitting on my chest since I came back to Arkon, maybe longer than that, maybe since the day I left four years ago with a suitcase and a secret and a note from Doctor Philips folded in my pocket, has quietly, finally, set itself down somewhere it's not crushing me anymore.I'm still slightly terrified, if I'm being honest.The part of me that spent four years being careful, self-sufficient, and emotionally armored is standing in the co
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