Postponed Promises

DARIO

Serafina’s eyes lifted the moment she noticed me, and that single glance hit me harder than the explosion. I saw fear. Relief. Anger. And something I couldn’t yet understand was tangled in her gaze.

“What happened?” she asked quietly. “Was that meant for us?”

I didn’t answer immediately. I knew she was still riding the shock of a near-death experience, still shaking, still trying to piece t