Before Dawn

Rylie woke me before the sun.

“You’re thinking too loud again,” she whispered, smiling.

I pulled her close, warm skin, soft breath, the world narrowed to this one perfect moment.

“No more running,” she murmured.

“Never again,” I promised.

Outside, Eagle River slept peacefully.

Inside, the future waited—steady, strong, and finally ours.

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