Chapter 107 Just Like That

• The night stretched around Meredith and Magnus.
• After a while, the lake's surface stilled once more, reflecting the soft glow of the moon. The only sound was their labored breaths, while the world itself held its breath, as if watching them.
• Meredith felt as though she were floating—not in the water she had nearly succumbed to, but in something else. Magnus’s presence felt like the answer to the chaos that had been her life.