For the first time in days, Freya slept without nightmares.No bloodstained snow.No battlefield screams.No memories dragging her beneath centuries of grief.She slept curled against Eros while winter storms moved quietly beyond the fortress walls, his heartbeat steady beneath her cheek like something her soul recognized long before memory returned.When morning arrived, pale sunlight spilled softly across the chamber while firelight still flickered near the bed from the night before. Freya woke slowly, warmth surrounding her from every side.Then reality returned.God.She remembered everything again.The strange thing was it no longer felt suffocating.Painful, yes.But no longer foreign.Freya lifted her head slightly from Eros’s chest watching him sleep beside her. Silver hair fell loosely across his forehead while exhaustion still lingered beneath his eyes even in sleep.He looked younger like this.Less haunted.Her chest tightened softly.How many centuries did he spend carryi
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