Kael’s POVThe village was still, wrapped in a quiet. It was the kind of silence that didn’t come from the absence of sound but from a rare sense of safety. It felt like a temporary haven.I wasn’t used to these moments, but I enjoyed spending it with Elara.For so long, my life had been an endless cycle of war, strategy, and survival. Even before this journey with Elara, I had always been fighting for peace and protection. Here I was sitting, beneath the soft glow of the moon, with nothing but the crackling fire and Elara’s presence beside me, I felt something foreign. Something unsettling.Peace.It wasn’t something I had ever allowed myself to embrace. Peace was fleeting, fragile, something that could be ripped away in an instant. I had learned long ago not to trust it. But tonight, for the first time in years, I wanted to hold onto it.Elara sat across from me, cross-legged on the ground, absently poking the dying embers of our fire with a stick. Her long, dark hair fell over
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