The Sister He Never Chose
He took the next curve faster than the last one, and I shut my eyes for just a second, just long enough to breathe—
Then I opened them, and I saw it.
A cabin. Small, half-swallowed by the trees, smoke curling lazy from the chimney into the night sky.
Valerian slammed the car to a stop. We were both out before the dust had settled.
A figure stepped out onto the porch, unhurried, like he’d been expecting us for hours.
Lucas.
He had Liyana’s rabbit dangling from one hand.
“I knew you’d come,” he said, almost gently, like he was greeting old friends.
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