Big.
Rough.
Solid.
I squeeze back hard.
Silent.
Steady.
Ready.
Whatever comes—fire or fury, bullets or betrayal—we’ll face it together.
We’ve already survived the worst.
Now it’s time to live for something better.
For them.
For us.
For the family we fought like hell to make.
I rest my head against his shoulder, breathing deep, letting the stars blur and spin.
Tomorrow’ll come hard.
But tonight?
Tonight, we’re unbreakable.
CHAPTER 24
KELLI
The city breathes down my neck.
Hot.
Thick.
Smothering.
Every step we take, it feels like the walls close tighter.
Traz leads us through the ruins of Glimner like a man who knows he’s walking straight into hell.
Aria’s pressed against his chest, her little body bundled tight in his jacket.
Joren clings to my side, hand clenched in mine so hard his knuckles turn white.
Silpha trails us, quick and twitchy, eyes slicing the shadows.
We don’t speak.
Words would just get us killed faster.
