Echoes of Her Touch

Lucius POV

He woke up thinking about her hair.

He lay against the floor for a moment and looked at the sky going grey and let himself have her warmth.

The clearing was quiet.

“New mission,” Nyx announced sharply, her voice slicing through the thick morning haze like a well-honed knife.

She stood tall by the dying campfire, arms crossed tightly over her chest, her sharp eyes scanning the group of h