Chapter 135

Maren

I’m shaking.

Not the dramatic kind where knees buckle and teeth chatter—this is quieter, more dangerous. The kind that lives under the skin, in the nerves, in the places that remember what almost happened and won’t let it go.

Kaelen is still holding me.

Not tight. Not crushing.

Just… there.

Like if he lets go, the world might try again.

I can feel his blood on my fingers where I pressed my h