Lavender and brine and… something else. Something uniquely him. Something Edmund wishes he could bottle and keep with him forever just so he can always be reminded of this exact moment.

He’s sure Aures could tell him for days on end about the nose and how exactly smell triggers memory and how it’s the strongest sense the human body has – if he wasn’t a little, uh… preoccupied with her brother.

Edmund’s lips find the pulse point beneath Aidan’s ear ...