Nyxara Rising
“Just don’t lock the door.”
Something inside her shifted, a warmth rising—stubborn, bright, unfamiliar—threading between the three of them like a lifeline. It felt frightening, this sudden, tenuous connection, but it also felt real.
Nyxara let out a shuddering breath she didn’t know she’d been holding. Her shoulders sagged, just a fraction, but it felt like the start of surrender. “I don’t know how to do this,” she confessed, voice ragged. “I’ve only ever had myself. Never anyone else.”