A Fragile Peace

PIPER’S POV

By the time we got to the restaurant, the tension from earlier had faded into something softer, lighter.

The place was warm, filled with quiet chatter and the clinking of cutlery, and for once, I felt like I could actually breathe.

This was what normal felt like.

Kellan sat across from me, his arm resting casually on the table despite the injury he kept pretending didn’t exist, while G