Kai stood alone before the twin gravestones with his hands buried deep in his coat pockets. The names were familiar, carved deep into stone that time had already begun to weather.
Alexander Montclair
Cassandra Montclair
He hadn’t come here in years. Or couldn’t. Every time he tried, something inside him turned to stone just like the marble he was staring at now. But today felt different. The ache in his chest no longer screamed. It throbbed quietly instead, like an old wound that had finally begun to heal.
He crouched down slowly letting his hand brush away the fallen leaves that had gathered around the base of the stone. His voice, when it came, was soft almost childlike.
“Hey,” he whispered. “It’s been a while.”
The wind stirred gently, rustling the grass around him.
“I used to ha
