Kael POV

I woke up with Selene draped across my chest.

Her head rested over my heart. One leg thrown over mine. Her arm around my waist like she was afraid I’d disappear if she let go.

I didn’t move. I just lay there, feeling the weight of her. The realness of her.

The bond hummed between us. It was no longer fragmented or strained. We were now complete.

It felt like coming home after being lost for five hundred years.

I could feel her in ways I’d never been able to before. Not just ...