Marked in the Middle
The sun dipped low, casting a warm orange glow over broken rooftops and newly sprouting gardens.
Rigg broke the silence first, voice low and thoughtful. “You know… for all the chaos, for all the death, there’s something beautiful about this.”
Nora tilted her head, glancing at him. “Beautiful?”
He nodded. “Survival, healing, life went on when it seemed impossible, that’s beauty, in its rawest form.”
She allowed herself a small smile. “I suppose… it is.”
The city’s heartbeat was slow but steady now. A gentle rhythm underfoot, under stone, under soul. And as they watched, faint golden motes of light drifted across the horizon, carried on the wind, echoes of the Crown, whispers of Evelyn, a remi
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