-Caspian Grayson:
"Yes," Kyle said softly, and even before I looked at him properly, I could hear the smile in his voice. "We are."
For a second, I genuinely forgot how to respond.
I just stood there beside the car door, staring at him while the words settled properly inside my head.
The Valerian territory.
I had heard stories about this place my entire life.
Everyone had.
Not just because the Valerians were powerful, but because their territory itself had become almost mythical over the years. People talked about it like it was some hidden world separated from the rest of society entirely. Untouched forests. Ancient mountains. Rivers so clean they reflected the sky like glass. A territory protected so heavily that most outsiders never even got close to entering it.
And somehow Kyle brought me here.
Not for political reasons.
Not because our families demanded it.
Not as some formal guest.
A date.
