The Price for Love

e rustling of leaves as they approached. She and Luca had to move

she whispered

darted through the forest. Selene's heart pounded in her chest as her inst

despite the urgency. He wasn't just running f

own about since childhood. It was a place of safety, a place where she

her breath coming in gasps. Luca crouched beside he

Selene," he said, his voice low and strained. "T

ercely. "I'll protect you. I w

nst her cheek. "You don't understand. If the

wouldn't back down. Not now. Not when she had finally found th

e whispered. "We'll

He cupped her face gently in his hands, his thumb trac

steady despite the uncertainty that

casting a soft light through the entrance. Selene knew that they couldn't stay hidden forever. But in

me in her life,