Threads of Starlight _ xɪᴀᴏ x ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ

In the high mountains where clouds kiss the sky, the winds whisper of a love once lost to time.

Adeptus Y/N, a fox spirit of nine sacred lives, returns in this one with no memory of the bond that once tethered her soul to another. Reborn yet restless, she walks Liyue's peaks with a heart that aches for something she cannot name - and eyes that always drift to the vigilant guardian of Wangshu Inn.

Xiao, the last Yaksha, has known pain beyond centuries. Yet when she appears again - changed but unmistakably hers - he dares to hope. He watches her smile without remembering, reach out without knowing why, and unknowingly follow the steps of an ancient courtship once danced beneath the stars.

Gifts imbued with soul, quiet rituals only the adepti recall - and finally, a sunrise reunion atop the world where their souls might bind once more.

As lanterns rise and destiny stirs, a story older than stone awakens: of two beings made for one another across lifetimes, drawn together again by threads of moonlight, memory and love.

(xɪᴀᴏ x ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ)