Chapter 261

• Sienna:
• I watched them from the balcony, my fingers clenched around the railing. And though I didn't want to admit it, I've been watching for hours.
• Lysandra was seated beside Carter, feeding him like he hadn’t been a danger to us days ago. I should’ve felt angry. Or cautious. But I didn’t. Not tonight. Not after everything we had survived. There was something raw, something real about the way she looked at him. Not with pity. But with fire. With hope.