Midnight Reunion

Talia POV

I stared at the figure standing beyond the edge of the celebration. For one impossible second, I forgot how to breathe.

That face I had spent so many nights imagining I would see again. “Lucius…”

My feet moved before my mind could catch up. I took one step forward.

Then another. The figure shifted beneath the tree and disappeared.

I stopped. My heart slammed against my ribs. “What?”

I bl