True Bond -ch.1 Part 5- -cloudlet- [ CERTIFIED ]

A cloudlet, learning to become a sky.

“Now you know,� she whispered. “The real me. The one they made and threw away.�

But Lian was still here. Still whole. Still leaking . True Bond -Ch.1 Part 5- -Cloudlet-

When the vision faded, Kael found that his face was wet. Not with rain.

When he opened his eyes again, they were on the third-floor landing of the safehouse, and Lian was staring at him with an expression that hovered between terror and wonder. A cloudlet, learning to become a sky

She uncrossed her arms slowly, holding out her hand palm-up. The silver light gathered there again, not threatening—almost shy. A small, drifting cloudlet of pure feeling, waiting to be touched.

Kael leaned back against the wall, letting the silence stretch. Outside, a wagon clattered over wet cobblestones. Somewhere distant, a dog barked. Normal sounds. Human sounds. They felt obscene against the fragile strangeness sitting cross-legged on a pile of sacks in front of him. The one they made and threw away

Kael stared at her open palm. At the soft, luminous thing hovering just above her skin. Every instinct he had—every lesson from the Academy, every scar from the field—screamed at him to refuse. To keep his distance. To treat her as a source, an asset, a problem to be solved.

“Like you touched me last night.�