"We gave them a sanctuary, and they are actively choosing to turn it into an impenetrable fortress, which means we can finally stop looking over our shoulders and start looking directly toward the future we promised each other," Kai replied smoothly, stopping near the massive ether-glass viewports to look deeply into her beautiful, fiercely intelligent eyes.
Yena smiled, a breathtaking, completely untamed expression of absolute devotion that made Kai's Level 66 core pulse with a brilliant, eager energy, and she reached out to gently trace the flawless curve of his jaw with her gloved fingers.
"I believe the future is already here, my King, and I am entirely ready to see exactly how far our starlight can reach," Yena whispered softly, perfectly content to face whatever arrogant warlords the universe decided to throw at them, because she knew with absolute certainty that the Winter Star would never fade.
