Chapter 97

• “We’re really here, aren’t we?” I murmured, my voice almost a whisper as I gazed out over the lake, its surface like glass in the late afternoon light.
• Kade stood beside me, his presence warm and steady. He didn’t answer right away, but I felt the weight of his gaze on me, as though he was searching for something—something I wasn’t sure how to put into words.
• After everything we’d been through, this was supposed to be the moment of peace, the time to finally breathe, to rest. But the quiet felt...too quiet.