The Promise Beneath the StarsNight settled gently over the valley.Not with darkness.With peace.The kind of peace that felt unfamiliar after everything they had survived.The house had grown quiet.Cookie was asleep beside the fireplace.Peanut had finally fallen asleep after insisting Thomas read the fox story three more times.She had lost the battle against sleep halfway through the third ending.Thomas smiled at the memory.Honestly?She had probably won anyway.Fair.Very fair.Reasonable actually.He stepped quietly onto the porch.The wooden floor creaked beneath his feet.Above him...the stars stretched endlessly across the sky.Bright.Countless.Watching.Thomas rested both hands on the porch railing.The cool night air filled his lungs.It felt...comforting.Behind him, the door opened softly.He didn't turn immediately.He already knew someone had joined him.Adrian.The older man walked beside him without speaking.Neither felt the need to break the silence.For seve
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