The Purrfect Wingman
A smudge was cleaned from the cheek.
I understood it. That idea of holding something sharp, not to swing it, but to remind the world you could.
That’s what this entire month had felt like. Jane, the chaos, the manipulation, every line she crossed, every boundary she ignored. But I hadn’t fought back with fire. I didn’t need to. I’d held the line. Called for help when it counted. Protected what mattered.
Defense, not destruction.
It hit me, all at once, watching Micah finish the sword’s hilt with little flicks of a silver gel pen: I’d carried my sword this whole time. I just never had to swing it.
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