Caitlyn's POV

Something shifted inside me recently—something I couldn’t explain, but it was there. I wasn’t sure if it was memories returning, or just fragments of feeling. But when I looked at Raymond, my heartbeat quickened, and I couldn’t deny the warmth that spread through my chest. I didn’t understand it, but I felt it—him—and the way I knew him without knowing why.

I started spending more time with him, no longer prompted by necessity or the obligation of what we had been. We shared meals together. We trained side by side, moving in sync. We didn’t talk about the past, but somehow, the moments we shared felt like they...