LYRAThe war room was empty for the first time in days.It was not quiet because nothing was quiet anymore,It was empty enough that I could hear myself breathe.This was a luxury, a luxury.Maps still covered the table with markers that had moved and routes that had been redrawn where weak points were. There were contingencies on top of contingencies until I was sick of my own brain.Outside, the night pressed against the glass, and mist sat low around the walls, watching and waiting like the rest of us.I rubbed the knot in my neck because I had been thinking too much, standing too much, and just existing too much while being pregnant with what felt like two tiny wars.One of the babies kicked hard. I winced."Rude," I muttered."They have your timing," a voice said from behind me.I smiled before I could stop myself, which was a reflex.It was Ares, of course.He did not make any footsteps or give any warning; he just showed up in rooms now, as he belonged there, which was becoming
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