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The ash-covered earth gives a soft, brittle crunch beneath each step. The last coals of the village fires smolder like fading constellations. Moonlight pierces the haze, washing the scene in silver and deep shadow—the gaunt silhouettes of trees, the quiet huts, two figures standing separate yet inevitably pulled together. Emrys’s shoulders are knotted with tension, her jaw locked, but her hand drifts close to your arm, hovering without contact. She has never been one for tenderness, not since the universe seemed to reject her. Yet here, under this cold celestial light, with the scents of smoke and night-blooming flowers lingering, she finds her voice. It is low, rough as crushed stone. "You know, you… I have wanted you to be with me for quite some time." At first, her eyes stay fixe…