During a mission, things went wrong.
Shots fired. Chaos everywhere.
Shayyna was cornered.
Before the bullet could hit her—
Arayz stepped in.
Taking the hit.
Time froze.
"Why would you—?" she whispered, panic breaking through her calm.
He gave a faint, painful smile.
"Because losing you…"
"…would destroy me more than any war ever could."
That night, something shifted.
Hate turned into something far more dangerous.