The Promise of Morning

A slow, knowing smile curved his lips—sure, deliberate. “I won’t give you anything less than the promise you imagined… and the future I intend to give you.”

The air between them thickened, the weight of his certainty settling deep in her chest, warm and undeniable.

“I’d love that,” she said softly, the warmth in her voice betraying just how much it meant to her.

Kaelen exhaled slowly, the corne