From Shadow to the Longest Sun
A wedding photo: her in ivory lace, standing in a candlelit underground hall.
Eternal roses bloomed in shadowed alcoves, blood-red vines curling around obsidian pillars.
Ethan knelt, offering a ring etched with ancient runes.
The air shimmered with protective wards against daylight.
“He proposed. Tonight’s ceremony in the Central Park Tower.
He’s giving me and our child a name.
When he returns, you will be disowned from the House of Black. You’d better leave.
Now,this home will be mine.”
I typed back, fingers steady: