NORI'S POV

I haven’t seen soldiers around us in eight years. There’s been no reason. We’re far enough outside of the city, without neighbors or even farmland in our vicinity, that there’s been no action breaking up the idyllic peace where the monsters live. If soldiers did cross into our territory, it was during the day while we were too far under to notice.

Yet, my fledgling boyfriend- was he my boyfriend?- lover?- had found three, which meant there were probably more ...