The sun came up like it hadn’t read any of the reports.Just… rose.Gold over gray water.We watched it from the edge of the world.Or the closest we could get on short notice.***We’d taken two days off.On purpose.No summits.No hearings.No patients.No code.Just a cheap rental on a windy strip of coast a few hours’ drive from the city.A cabin with questionable insulation, a stubborn stove, and a deck that faced an indifferent ocean.“I can’t believe you convinced Mila to let you out of her jurisdiction,” Niko said, hands wrapped around a mug, breath fogging in the cold air.“I told her there would be no gods, no wires, and at least one medically responsible adult present,” I said.“Who?” he asked. “Because it’s not me.”“Jax threatened to bring a first‑aid kit if she didn’t sign off,” I said. “She caved.”He smiled.We sat on the worn wooden bench out on the deck, blankets around our shoulders, hot coffee cooling slowly in our hands.The sky was that thin, fragile blue that on
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