Chapter 50. Whole Again

The morning air was crisp, the sky a soft shade of gold as sunlight bled through the clouds and poured into our room. Everything felt alive—the trees, the breeze that kept dancing with the curtains, even the light. It was as if the world itself had shifted with me.

I took a slow, deep breath, feeling the weight of yesterday still clinging to every limb. But beneath it, something else stirred. Power. This time, it wasn’t wild or chaotic. It didn’t scream to be heard. It just was. Steady. Settled.

Like me.

I turned in bed, and my hand instinctively landed on the warmth beside me—Aries.

My gaze softened as I took in his face, now peaceful in sleep, every trace of the fear and exhaustion he carried yesterday fading under the gentle morning light.

“Are you going to keep staring?” he murmured, his voice raspier than usual. I nearly jumped.

He cracked one eye open and shifted, resting his head against my shoulder. “Been awake for a while,” he adde