The morning came too soon, the cold air of dawn stirring Raya awake as she blinked against the soft light filtering through the cave’s entrance. Her body ached from the relentless journey of the previous days, but there was a deeper satisfaction lingering in her limbs, a warmth that had nothing to do with their struggle for survival and everything to do with the man beside her.
Kaius was still asleep, his breathing even, his body relaxed in a way she had rarely seen. But there was no time to dwell on the moment, no time to let herself sink into the comfort of his presence.
They had to move.
Gently, she nudged him, and he groaned, eyes flickering open. The second their gazes met, there was a brief flicker of something unspoken, acknowledgment, remembrance, but then duty took over.
Wit
