They camped one last time on the ridge above Blackmoon’s valley.Tomorrow, if the weather held and no one did anything monumentally stupid, they’d ride down into home: familiar trees, familiar stone, familiar halls, and an unfamiliar weight of watching eyes.For tonight, it was just them and the stars.They’d chosen a small rise a little away from the main fire for their bedrolls, within the ward‑ring but out of easy earshot of Rhea’s snoring and Jax’s muttered jokes. The sky was clear, cold, and high, stars spilled thick enough that the dark between them seemed almost an afterthought.Rin lay on her back, hands folded under her head, cloak pulled up to her chin. Kael lay on his side facing her, propped on one elbow, silhouetted against the faint glow of the banked fire.“You’re thinking too loud,” he said quietly.“I’m not thinking,” she lied.He snorted. “You’re Rin. Of course you’re thinking. What about?”She watched a faint trail of light flare and vanish as some wayward spark dec
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