Hidden Heartbeat

Kaia's POV.....

The battlefield hadn't gone quiet.

Not really.

Even after Zara's ashes scattered into the wind, the war still roared around us—steel clashing, wolves howling, magic tearing the earth apart. But in the space between Bastian and me, there was a silence so sharp it hurt more than any wound I carried.

I felt it before I understood it.

The bond... twisted. Tightened. Pulled.