Frozen Flame of Dawn-Chapter 133 - 63: Beneath the Quiet Sky_2

"We'll get it done." Aiden agreed, recognizing the strategic advantage. This task would also serve as a warm-up for the team, ensuring they were prepared for upcoming missions. Completing a temporary bunker in two days was ambitious but feasible.​

Then Amira turned her gaze to Layla. "While the bunkers are being constructed, can you start working on those Heavy Armored RV Bunkers as I want at least two of the bunker RVs ready—if not fully optimized, at least operable. Something that can move with our squads and serve as mobile shelter while complete the rest while Aiden's team is out."

Layla gave a tight nod. "I can do that."

With plans locked, Amira stepped back as she looked around at everyone, her tone softening slightly. "Let's end the meeting here," she said. "Everyone's been running on fumes so get some rest now. From tomorrow, we start the first phase of our northern recon."​

Chairs scraped softly against the floor as everyone stood. The tired murmuring of feet and quiet voices filled the hall as the meeting finally dissolved into movement.

People began to rise from their chairs, murmurs spreading as the tension slowly bled from the room. Amira moved to collect a few folders when Aiden stepped beside her.

"Amira," he began hesitantly with his voice quieter, "I need to talk to you alone."

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She glanced up, pausing for a moment as curiosity flickering in her eyes.. "Something serious?"

He nodded once. "No, its just something that's been on my mind from quiet sometime."

She didn't press, just studied his face for a moment,"Alright." then nodded. "Wait for me outside the house. I'll be there in a few minutes."

He stepped back, and as the others filtered out—Tommy cracking a joke to Ezzie as Elias yawned and stretched—Aiden walked with them as they outside through the door but stopped at gate as if waiting for someone.

They assumed it was a private exchange between two leaders as they heard Aiden talk to Amira to discuss something alone earlier. As it was nothing unusual or to be whispered about. So they went on toward their nearby homes, leaving Aiden alone at the gate.

The night had settled thick and silver across the world. The courtyard outside the mayor's mansion was calm and cool, the stone walls casting soft shadows under the moonlight. A gentle breeze passed through the trees lining the perimeter, rustling leaves and carrying the scent of dry earth and fresh grass.

Aiden leaned against the gate's outer wall, eyes lifted to the sky.

The sky stretched vast and clear above, stars were unusually bright tonight—twinkling like scattered diamonds. The moon cast a silvery glow, illuminating the surroundings with a gentle luminescence, as if the world had taken a breath and held it just for them.

He exhaled slowly, the weight of too many days pressing into the cool night air as he absorbing the serene beauty of the night.

The distant murmur of the town had faded, leaving only the symphony of nocturnal creatures. While the gentle rustling of leaves in the breeze added to the night's melody.​

After a few moments, the door creaked open, and the footsteps—soft and measured—echoed against the stone behind him.

He turned just as Amira stepped out.

She had changed into a simple tunic and leggings, her hair cascading over her shoulders. As the moonlight accentuated her features, casting a soft glow on her skin but something about her felt different as the quiet strength she wore like armor during the day had softened, replaced with something more open, more… human.

She approached him with a slight smile. "Shall we walk?" she suggested.​

"Sure," he said, offering a half-smile. "You kept me waiting."

She arched an eyebrow. "Five minutes, Aiden."

"Well," he said, pushing off the wall with a light shrug, "Five minutes in silence under moonlight felt like an hour."

She didn't smile, but the faintest glint danced in her eyes.

They began walking slowly along the path that curved around the mansion's outer garden—no guards, no noise. Just the hush of grass under their feet and the distant hum of a generator somewhere far off.

Neither of them spoke at first.

They simply walked, the cool night air brushing against their skin, the quiet hum of crickets filling the silence between their steps.

After a while, Aiden broke the stillness. His voice was low—not guarded, but... thoughtful.

"You know," he said, "when I first came here, I didn't expect peace. Not even a moment of it."

Amira looked sideways, her expression soft. "You haven't exactly found peace," she said. "Just quieter chaos."

He chuckled under his breath. "Fair."

Another few steps passed in silence.

"I've been dreaming again," Aiden said after a while. His tone wasn't dramatic—just honest. "Not the regular kind. The... warning kind."

Amira looked over at him but didn't interrupt, as her pace slowing slightly.

"But you should know," he began, hesitating. "these dreams that often come true."​

She glanced at him, her expression unreadable. "Go on," she encouraged gently.​

He took a deep breath. "Before coming here, I dreamt few time, it was like I living in those dream and few even came true exactly the same while some little different but result remained same. It start few days before the surge."

"In one of those dream I saw few of my unit members including two of my closest team members Manas and Billy—brothers, really as we fought side by side for years, losing their life. I didn't recognize it for what it was," he went on. "Thought it was just stress. A bad omen, maybe. The dream wasn't clear—it never is—but it felt real. Too real. And then, just days later... it happened, though not exactly as in the dream. I can't help but feel responsible. If I had taken the dream seriously, maybe..."​

Amira's expression didn't change, neither she said anything just listened.

"After that," Aiden said, "I told myself I wouldn't ignore the signs again. That's why, when I got that feeling about this place... about you... I followed it."

They resumed walking, the path leading them to a small clearing. The grass was soft beneath their feet, and the open sky above seemed to embrace them.​

For a while, they walked in comfortable silence, the night wrapping around them like a familiar cloak.

Aiden's jacket was draped over one shoulder, boots tapping softly against the cobblestone. Amira walked beside him, hands tucked lightly behind her back, her hair falling in soft waves over her shoulders. The moonlight caught in the strands, making her seem almost ethereal while the leaves whispered secrets as the wind danced through them.​

Her voice was soft, almost a whisper as she said. "And do you still dream?"

He looked up at the stars. "Yeah, not as often but when I do, they feel… like pieces of a story I haven't finished yet and yesterday I had one and it was very frightening."

She thought for a moment before responding. "Some futures can be changed," she said. "Some were never meant to happen at all."

He looked at her. "Is that why your people say you knew things before they happened, that someone with foresight had given you information before they passed away. Is that true?"

She turned her head, her voice softer. "We're still figuring things out, Aiden. No one's doing it perfectly."

"Yeah, but you lead like you've already lived through this once." He looked at her, searching her expression. "And that's something I haven't seen in my life."

"That's what I let them believe," she said quietly. "But not the full truth."

He frowned. "So... it's not real?"

She slowed to a stop, hands still clasped behind her back as she turned toward him under the moonlight.

"It is," she said. "Just not in the way they think. I won't lie to you, Aiden. Not when we're starting to build something that could matter. I never got visions from a man with an abilities to see future. That was just... easier for everyone to believe."

"Then where did the insight come from?"

Amira looked up at the moon for a long moment before answering.

"I do have a source," she said. "One I trust completely. More than anyone alive. And no, I'm not ready to tell you who—or what—yet. But I will. Eventually."

Aiden didn't press. Something in her voice told him not to.

"What I will tell you," she added, "is that your dreams... they're not wrong. Not entirely. They're glimpses. Pieces of alternate outcomes, of futures that might have happened if nothing had been changed and I didn't publicize the broadcast as it shifted the tides and branch many outcome now which even I can't completely predict."

Aiden's eyes widened slightly. "So if you hadn't said anything… if you hadn't changed things..."

"They might have come true," she finished quietly. "And you'd be standing here alone."

"You'll remember it all eventually," she added, her voice even softer now that even Aiden didn't hear it. "I hope."

There was a long pause between them. A quiet, full kind of silence that didn't need to be filled.

Then, something shifted.

Aiden's gaze lingered—just a second too long while he found himself pausing as the way the moonlight touched Amira's face, softening the features while she carried herself—it stunned him. His breath caught before he could help it.

He didn't say anything but he stared—longer than he should have—until he realized it.

He blinked, looked away quickly, embarrassed by the warmth that had suddenly crept into his face.

Amira noticed, but she didn't speak or tease or ask. But a faint, almost imperceptible smile touched her lips.

She turned away, giving him the mercy of pretending not to notice.

He exhaled, quietly embarrassed, and followed her as they resumed walking.

And though nothing was said… something between them had shifted, something unspoken bloomed between them. Not in fire, not in declarations—but in the slow, unspoken gravity of two people slowly drawn into the same orbit.

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