Silver Oath
She looked less like a traveler and more like a fallen star.
“Because I swore an oath,” she said simply.
Kaelen frowned. “To who?”
Her eyes lifted, piercing straight into him. “To you.”
The forest seemed to still. Even the crickets and owls hushed for a heartbeat.
Kaelen laughed, though it sounded hollow even to him. “That’s impossible. We’ve never met. I’d remember…” He trailed off, because part of him wondered if he really would remember. For months—years—his dreams had been haunted by visions of a silver-haired woman calling his name.