Chapter 229 — The Night That No Longer Had Rules

Milagros closed the hotel room door behind them with unsteady hands, still intoxicated by everything she had lived that day—the hugs, the music, her sister’s wedding… but above all, by that new and unfamiliar feeling in her chest.

Belonging.

That gentle yet overwhelming certainty of knowing she had finally come home without ever leaving her place.

Ayden said nothing.

Not because he had no words, but because he felt that any sound might shatter so