CHAPTER 247 — The Day Life Lit Up

(Ayden Castell’s Point of View)

Walking into the office that morning felt different.

I felt different, too.

As if every step carried a different weight, a different sound. It was still early, but my heart had already lived an eternity since the sun had risen.

Milagros walked beside me slowly, as if every movement of hers had become sacred. I held her hand with one hand and supported her waist with the other, watching every gesture, every breath, every little ch