Morning came with rain.Soft rain.The kind that made the roof sound alive.Arielle woke before everyone else.For a moment, she simply listened.No mysterious voice.No footsteps from another world.No ancient question waiting for an answer.Just rain.She smiled.Then she heard something downstairs.Laughter.Arielle got up and went to the kitchen.Cael was attempting to cook.Cassian was watching him with obvious amusement.Seren was setting plates on the table.Lumen was sitting on the counter, giving instructions nobody had requested.Nessa was laughing.Remember was trying to keep track of everyone's cups.Arielle stopped at the doorway.Cael looked up.Morning.Arielle smiled.What happened to your cooking?Cael looked offended.I learned.From whom?Cassian pointed at himself.Arielle laughed.That explains everything.The room filled with laughter.For a moment, Arielle felt something she could not quite name.Then she understood.Belonging.Not the kind that demanded she rem
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