Midnight Between Us
"You don't know that, Luca. Not this time."
Luca smiled, a quiet, completely human expression, and gently touched his fingers to her cheek. "No. I don't." He leaned in closer. "But I know you."
The conceptual bond between them flared with a brilliant, pearlescent light. Across the vast expanse of Earth and the stars, every connected mortal soul felt the frequency ripple through the network. It was not a display of overwhelming cosmic power, nor was it a divine decree. It was love. Simple, ordinary, deeply human, and fiercely real.
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