HerInkwellSoul
Before the world wakes up‚ it has always been just them.
For Aureline and Lucian‚ the golden hour wasn't just a time of day-it was their sanctuary. It started with whispered secrets through a garden fence at six years old and turned into a decade-long ritual of meeting at the old wooden bridge while the rest of the town slept.
But as the sun rises on their adult lives‚ the comfort of friendship is starting to burn with a new kind of heat. Between the pressures of growing up and the unspoken words lingering in the morning mist, they must face a terrifying truth:
You can't stay in the dawn forever. Eventually‚ you have to step into the light.