Parting Promises

Leo silently repeated those words to himself, hoping they would somehow come true.

Please… just let it go.

For a brief moment, no one said a word.

Lyra studied her younger brother, a faint crease forming between her brows. His reaction had been unusually strong, but knowing Leo, she couldn’t imagine him being upset over something as trivial as a new phone.

Kaelen was the first to break the sil