I woke up early the next morning to sunlight filtering through the blinds, and found Talon already in the kitchen, sipping coffee and scrolling through something on his phone. Scarlett was still asleep, the house was still, and it hit me then — we needed a distraction, something to pull us all out of the funk that had settled over the house. Something fun, something normal. “Hey,” I said, leaning against the doorway, my voice light. “How about we take Scarlett to the zoo today?” Talon looked up, his brow furrowing slightly. “The zoo?” “Yeah,” I said, crossing the room to pour myself a cup of coffee. “She’s been talking about elephants almost as often as dragons lately. I think it’d be good for all of us to get out of the house for a bit. Fresh air, animals, maybe some ice
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