Echoes of a Warning

Rolf POV

The cabin was quiet under the late-night sky. Only the occasional creak of settling wood and the distant hoot of an owl broke the silence.

Talia had finally fallen asleep after hours of quiet tears, the letter from Cassian clutched to her chest and Milly’s drawing tucked beneath her pillow.

His gaze kept drifting toward the half-open cabin door. Through the gap he could see her silhouette