Caught you, Finally!

For lifetimes he had chased her across the shifting sands of time, and always, somehow, she had slipped away — through illness, through fate, through the cruel weight of goodbye.

But not this time.

“We’ve lived through the rise and fall of civilizations,” he said, gaze fixed on the night sky. “Watched empires burn, kingdoms bloom and crumble, lived through so many countries. We’ve been rich and poor, saints and sinners. Lived in deserts, forests, warzones, and palaces. And through it all, the one constant…”

He turned to look at her, his eyes searching hers.

“…was you.”