Freddy’s POV

The night had been long and intense. I still remembered the taste of passion, the heat of our bodies pressed together in that dark, private room.

Aliana and I made love with a ferocity that erased all the battles of the day, our intertwined souls and tangled limbs forming a temporary truce in a world built on chaos.

I could still feel her soft breath on my skin, the way her body trembled beneath mine as we lost ourselves in each other. It was a raw, almost violent intimacy, a merging of two fierce hearts who had seen too much loss and betrayal.

In those moments, nothing else...