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Chapter 185 - Chapter 184: What is love?

Eleanore meets his gaze, and something in her chest tightens fondly at how certain he sounds. "I'm just thinking."

"About what?"

"Something I can't quite put into words."

"Like what?"

She smiles against his skin, considering. "A lot of things. Like how strange this all is, a good strange, I mean. It's almost too good for us. Sometimes I forget to be suspicious of it."

"We've come a long way." His arm tightens slightly around her, grounding her. "Still, I like the peace. I've earned the right to enjoy it, haven't I?"

"Don't you think it's a little too peaceful, though?" she asks, tracing idle patterns against his chest, unable to fully let go of the thought.

Caelestis furrows his brow, tilting his head down toward her. "What do you mean?"

"I don't know. It just feels strange. Like the calm before a storm."

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