Shadewood [m] Looking at a brand new day.

Even Riley felt the burgeoning spring on the breeze. As the pair made their way through the wildwood, he was also struck by how well their strides matched — how they could communicate effortlessly to one another, down to the fine details of a single hair.

He relished it all — and realized gratefully that Masque had been the missing piece in his life that fit together so effortlessly he would never stop inwardly smiling.