Chapter 66 – Domestic Intimacy

Isabella’s POV

Morning sunlight spilled across the bedroom in soft, golden ribbons—gentle and warm, like a blessing after a stormy night. A week had passed since the war, a week since Adrian confronted the ghosts that had chased him for most of his life. A week since I had been ripped from him, and he had torn the world apart to bring me home.

Now everything felt… quiet. Peaceful. As if our lives had finally exhaled.

I woke slowly, blinking up at ...