Kalilah POV

The two of us were just enjoying our time together. I was grateful things were quiet right now. But there was nothing else I could do about it.

Kiran sat across from me, probably leaning back on his elbows, watching the flames like they owed him answers. It was easy to imagine in my mind.

“You gonna keep staring at me like that?” I muttered, smirking just a little.

“I’m trying to believe you’re real,” he said.

I let out a quiet snort. “Pretty sure I’m too tired to be a hallucination.”

He did laugh, even with the tense situation between everything.

Axel was still out there. Do...