Hearts and Ashes
I let the warmth of my Scorcher abilities seep into her, and I hear her sigh, her body relaxing in relief.
We stand there for a long while, her nestled against me, and me holding her like it’s the last moment we’ll ever have. I want to stay like this forever, the world falling away around us. And then, something soft lands on my nose—a small, white flake. It melts almost instantly, but its meaning is clear.
The first snow of the year has fallen.
"Looks like you were right," I whisper, smiling down at her. "Winter is here."
Arwyn tilts her head up, and in the fading light, with the first snowflakes drifting gently around us, she looks like something out of a dream—a dream I never want to wake
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