Mara
We climbed the familiar path, hand in hand, the sea roaring below us like a heartbeat that matched our own. The wind tangled in my hair, lifting it against my cheeks, but I didn’t care. The horizon stretched endlessly, painted in shades of sapphire and silver, the promise of sunset still hours away.
Lucian spread a blanket across the grass, the same one we always carried with us, and I lowered myself onto it with a sigh. The world felt far away here, as though we had stepped outside of time itself. He joined me, his body warm against mine, and without a word, he pulled me into his arms and kissed me.
It was not a gentle kiss. It was fierce, consuming, filled with the weight of everything we had endured and everything we refused to let go. His lips moved against mine with the urgenc
