Chapter Thirteen: Between Popcorn and Promises
The house felt emptier after Axir left.
Freya folded the last of her laundry, set the basket aside, and tried not to think about how strange it was—waiting for an alien man to return home. She told herself it wasn’t waiting, not really. Just… expecting.
When the door opened again a few hours later...
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Chapters
1. Prologue
2. Chapter One: Tea, Peter Pan, and a Very Grumpy Alien
3. Chapter Two: Laundry Lessons and Jealous Aliens
4. Chapter Three: Secrets, Soup, and Storm Warnings
5. Chapter Four: Stew, Sulks, and Surrender
6. Chapter Five: Signals in the Dark
7. Chapter Six: Fractures and Fault Lines
8. Chapter Seven: Tea, Lies, and Bali Boys
9. Chapter Eight: Aisles and Alarms
10. Chapter Nine: A Plan Beneath the Moon
11. Chapter Ten: Moonlight, Meteors, and Half-Truths
12. Chapter Eleven: Echoes of the Mundane and the Mission
13. Chapter Twelve: Knocks No Longer
14. Chapter Thirteen: Between Popcorn and Promises
15. Chapter Fourteen: Diamonds and Dinner
16. Chapter Fifteen: Carnival Skies
17. Chapter Sixteen: The Dream of Nimoa
18. Chapter Seventeen: Kehan of Nimoa
19. Chapter Eighteen: Echoes and Plotting
20. Chapter Nineteen: The Truth Between Them
21. Chapter Twenty: Time to Weigh a Heart
22. Chapter Twenty-one: Brothers in Shadows
23. Chapter Twenty-two: Music, Rum, and Realizations
24. Chapter Twenty-three: Loose Ends and New Beginnings
25. Chapter Twenty Four: Stolen in the Shadows
26. Chapter Twenty five: Shackled Among Stars
27. Chapter Twenty Six: Fire in the Void
28. Chapter Twenty Seven: Blood and Fire
29. Chapter Twenty Eight: Through Fire and Blood
30. Chapter Twenty Nine: The Shadow that Slipped Away
31. Chapter Thirty: The Merchant’s Uneasy Guest
32. Chapter thirty one: Questions in the Dark
33. Chapter Thirty Five: More questions
34. Chapter Thirty Six: Days without Stars
35. Chapter Thirty seven: The Question
36. Chapter Thirty Eight: A Chamber of Choices
37. Chapter Thirty Nine: Between Two Names
38. Chapter Forty: The Weight of Truth
39. Chapter Forty One: Whispers of Vehlari
40. Chapter Forty Two: Starlight Between Us
41. Chapter Forty Three: Getting Closer
42. Chapter Forty Four: Promises and Reminders
43. Chapter Forty Five: Old Acquaintances
44. Chapter Forty-Seven: Glimmers in the Quiet
45. Chapter Forty-Eight: Tea, Threads, and Tiny Secrets
46. Chapter Forty-Nine: Soup, Secrets, and Sweetness
47. Chapter Fifty: A Quiet Dinner and Lingering Shadows
48. Chapter Fifty-One: Alien Arcades and Earthly Echoes
49. Chapter Fifty-Two: Doubts and Longing
50. Chapter Fifty Three: Suspicion and Strategy
51. Chapter Fifty Four: Infiltrations and Refreshments
52. Chapter Fifty Five: The Quiet Before the Storm
53. Chapter Fifty Six: Preparations for the Feast
54. Chapter Fifty Seven: The Chase and first meeting
55. Chapter Fifty Eight: The Party
56. Chapter Fifty Nine: Getting closer
57. Chapter Sixty: The Escape that wasn’t
58. Chapter Sixty One: The Betrayal
59. Chapter Sixty Two: The Forgotten History
60. Chapter Sixty three: Flutters and close calls
61. Chapter Sixty four: Breakfast with trouble
62. Chapter Sixty Five: Secrets in the Kitchen
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