Love's Healing Touch
The scent of pine and smoky loam arrived on the breeze, and winter's silence settled on the land, in silence.
Adrian, healthier than he had been in months, trailed behind her. The scarf she had knit for him was wrapped securely around his neck. His paleness was now its usual color, his flesh healthy and sturdy once more, bearing only whispers of the scars there previously—a reminder of what he'd endured.
The scars were no longer imperfections to Elara, however. To her, they were marks of survival. Of faith. Of love.
He looked over at her, then out into the forest. "You're up early," he murmured, his breath gentle on the air.