By the time we reached the airport, the night had thinned into something sharp and metallic. Everything felt rushed, clipped, urgent, like the world itself had decided not to wait for explanations.Security moved fast when it was me. Doors opened, phones rang, people bowed their heads and stepped aside. Normally, that control grounded me. Tonight, it barely registered.All I could focus on was her.Kiera walked beside me, her steps slower than usual, shoulders slightly slumped. She tried to hide her exhaustion, but I could see it in the way her eyes struggled to stay open, in the way she leaned just a little closer to me as we passed through the private terminal.“You can sit for a moment,” I told her quietly when we reached the lounge.She shook her head. “I am fine,” she said, but her voice was thin.You are not, I thought, but I did not argue. She had endured too much already, and tonight had pulled her even further from whatever sense of normal she still clung to.The jet was alre
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