KAI

The night was quiet in a way it hadn’t been for months.

The air still smelled faintly of smoke and steel, but beneath it was peace. This peace was different from the peace I’d felt over the past hundred years.

The men from both kingdoms were scattered across the camp, their laughter echoing through the fields. Some huddled by fires, others drank and shared stories that would be told for generations. Every sound, every flicker of light felt like a reminder that they had made it ...