Amara felt a tear slip down her cheek, but Darius wiped it away before it could fall any further. His gaze was steady, filled with love and promise. She wanted to believe him, to trust that they could get through this without losing everything they had built together. But the fear still lingered, a constant shadow in the back of her mind.
“I love you,” she whispered, her voice thick with emotion. “No matter what happens, I want you to know that.”
Darius’s eyes softened, and he leaned in to press a soft kiss to her forehead. “I love you too, Amara. And I’m not going to let anything happen to you. We’ll face this together.”
They stood like that for a long moment, wrapped in each other’s warmth as the world around them seemed to grow darker. The future was uncertain, and the threat of the
