Tethered To You
Morning arrived without permission.
The city outside the reinforced windows looked deceptively calm, washed in pale light and early movement. Traffic flowed. People walked. Life continued as if nothing fragile stood on the edge of collapse inside the facility. Ruby stood near the window now, no longer sitting or curled inward. One hand rested on her stomach, not protectively this time, but deliberately. As if claiming ground.
She had cried enough last night.
Fear still lived in her chest, but it no longer ruled her. Dante had tried to reduce her to doubt, to make her believe she was a vessel, a mistake, a weakness in Kelvin’s world. She was done carrying that lie.
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