Kael's POV

Lia’s words haunted Mira’s mind. She left without speaking to anyone. Her footsteps silent, heart loud with doubt. The decision wasn’t brave. It was necessary. She couldn't stay, not like this.

She needed space, silence, distance from everything. She found the forgotten outpost, alone. No one followed. No one could. She set her things down slowly.

The silence was not peaceful, it judged. Mira didn’t care. She was tired. Not of them, but of herself. She wrote to Cyrus ...