(Siena’s POV)
The sea glitters under the sun, the waves rolling lazily toward the rocky shore.
Above it all, the whitewashed buildings cling to the cliffs like they belong there, timeless and unshaken.
It’s beautiful here—breathtaking, even—but no matter how far I travel or how much beauty surrounds me, I can’t escape the hollow ache deep inside.
Three months have passed since I walked away from everything. From Windhowl.
From Raiden.
From the bond that tied me to him for so long, even when he refused to acknowledge it.
The pain of severing that bond was unbearable at first, a sharp agony that left me breathless, like a knife twisting in my chest. But now, the pain has dulled into something quieter. It’s not gone—it will never truly be gone—but it’s manag
