The Sentinel's Vow
I leaned down, pressing my forehead against his, closing my eyes as the quiet peace of our new world wrapped around us like a shield—unbroken, unbound, and ours.
Anna
The sun broke through the gray canopy of the hemlock woods late in the afternoon, casting long, golden bars of light across the scarred hardwood floor of Cabin 4.
For forty-eight hours, the world had been a dizzying blur of blinding snow, gunshots, the sharp tang of hot copper, and the raw, staggering heat of Klaus’s body claiming mine in the dark. But as I stood by the small, cracked window watching the quiet steam rise from the damp asphalt of the motel parking lot, an eerie, profound stillness settled over my skin.