Tender Aftermath

(Neva’s POV)

Birds chirped somewhere above, their song drifting gently on the wind. A breeze kissed my skin, and I stirred, dizzy

I blinked my eyes open; trees, and the blue sky hovered me on the ground.

I turned to my side… and there he was, Kaelen.

I froze.

He lay beside me— bare chest rising and falling, long lashes resting against his cheeks as if nothing in the world could disturb his sleep.