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Shadows between us
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Previously
…Serena managed a small, weak smile. “Coffee sounds good.” He rose and moved back to the kitchen, his movements still precise, but now with a softer edge. Serena watched him go, a fragile sense of peace beginning to settle over her. The storm outside might still be raging, but for the first time in a long time, she felt like she wasn’t entirely alone in weathering it. His presence hadn’t erased her fear, but it had made it manageable. It had shown her that even in the deepest depths of her trauma, there was a steady hand to reach for, a calm voice to guide her back to shore. And in that realization, a new kind of strength began to bloom.