The courtyard fell quiet.
For the first time since arriving in Three Union City, Lin Mu felt something resembling safety.
Cattaleya stretched her arms and laughed softly. "Finally. A place that doesn't break when I sit down."
Meng Bai smiled, tension easing from his shoulders. "This feels… stable."
Elyon leaned against the wall, eyes half closed. "For now."
Lin Mu gazed toward the city in the distance, where preparations for the grand alliance wedding continued unabated.
One month.
They had one month.
And in that time, Three Union City would only grow more crowded, more tense, and more dangerous beneath its celebratory surface. But for now, at least, they had a place to breathe.
And sure enough, a full week passed in a calm that felt almost unreal, at least from Lin Mu's perspective.
Three Union City, on the other hand, was anything but calm.
