Elaine POV
The car hummed softly as it moved along the winding road, the landscape around us shifting from familiar terrain to more wild and unknown. I stared out the window, watching the trees blur past.
My heart was still heavy with the revelation about my past, the truth of who I was—or rather, who I wasn't.
I had left my childhood home for the last time, feeling like I had walked out of one life and into another, filled with uncertainty. Aeron's presence beside me was steady and warm, and I clung to that. It was the only thing keeping me grounded at the moment.
As we drove, I could feel the knots in my stomach tighten. The idea of leaving everything I'd ever known felt like stepping off a cliff with no safety net. But the thought of staying, of living a life defined by pain and r
