Almost two hours had passed and the light inside the medical wing shifted.It was no longer the pale quiet of morning, but something warmer now, fuller, stretching gently across the walls as if the day itself had decided to stay a little longer.Althea had not moved far from Seraphina’s bedside.Not because she needed to but chose to.Their conversation had settled.Both knew that it’s not the end, but reached a place where silence no longer demanded to be filled. Understanding had taken root, quiet and steady, in the space between them.Seraphina, now sitting up, rested more easily now.Not asleep.But no longer carrying the same weight in her eyes.The door opened softly.A small figure appeared at the entrance.Nicholas.He stood there for a moment, as he always did. As always, he will observe first, taking everything in before stepping forward. In one arm, he held his dinosaurs, gathered carefully against his chest. In the other, the wooden knight chess piece.His knight.His eyes
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