A Promise Between Two Hearts
Anna's eyes lit up the moment she heard Leon's answer.
The quiet tension that had lingered between them slowly melted away. A gentle breeze swept across the courtyard, rustling the leaves overhead and stirring the hems of their robes. Warm sunlight filtered through the branches, casting shifting patches of light across the stone path. For the first time since they began talking, the atmosphere felt calm.
Deep down, Anna let out a quiet sigh of relief.
So...
He really wasn't that kind of man.
When Leon had first proposed becoming Pathbound Companions, she'd worried it had been nothing more than a spur-of-the-moment decision—or worse, simple attraction. But instead of brushing aside her concerns or trying to convince her, he had listened carefully and accepted every one of them without complaint.
That alone spoke volumes.
He wasn't trying to possess her.
He genuinely wanted to know her.
