“Home?” he whispers finally, voice gruff. Such a small word. Such enormous implications. It scares me, but I say it anyway. “Home.” Fire flares in his eyes, there and gone so fast I’m not entirely sure I haven’t imagined it. His hand reaches out and twines with mine, his strong fingers squeezing like he’ll never let me go. I squeeze back. Together, we leave the woods behind. We make for Caeldera. For…home.
