SIA POV :
I didn't know why his face haunted me.
I had never met him.
At least, that's what my memories said.
But every time the news played his image — sharp eyes, dark hair, that calm, terrifying stillness — something in my chest twisted like a wound being reopened.
Kai.
That was his name.
The Storm King.
The man the world feared.
And somehow… the man my soul recognized.
I turned off the TV, pressing my palm to my heart.
"Stop," I whispered to myself. "You don't know him."
But my heart didn't listen.
Dreams started after that.
Not normal dreams.
Not random.
They were memories that weren't mine.
A hand reaching for mine across a glowing bridge of stars.
A voice whispering my name like it was sacred.
A promise made under a sky that didn't belong to this world.
"Kai…" I breathed in my sleep.
And woke up crying.
I didn't understand why.
I had a good life.
A loving brother.
A peaceful world.
No darkness.
No war.
No Veil.
So why did my soul ache like it had lost something it could never replace?
The first time I saw him in person, it wasn't dramatic.
No guns.
No chaos.
No confrontation.
Just… silence.
I was leaving a bookstore downtown when I felt it.
That heavy feeling.
Like the air had thickened.
Like the world had leaned toward me.
I looked up.
And there he was.
Across the street.
Standing in shadow.
Not moving.
Not breathing.
Just… watching.
Our eyes met.
And the universe fractured.
My heart stopped.
Not because I was scared.
Because I recognized him.
Not from the news.
Not from screens.
From somewhere older than memory.
Somewhere deeper than this world.
His eyes widened.
Just a fraction.
Like he hadn't expected me to look.
Like he hadn't expected me to see.
"Kai…" I whispered.
I didn't know how I knew his name.
But I did.
His jaw tightened.
His body went still.
Then — he turned away.
And disappeared into the crowd.
I went home shaking.
My brother noticed immediately.
"Sia, what's wrong?"
"I saw him," I said.
He froze.
"Who?"
"The Storm King."
His face darkened.
"You need to stay away from him."
"Why?" I asked. "What did he do?"
"He's dangerous."
"That's what everyone says," I replied softly.
"But no one says why."
He looked away.
That hurt more than any answer.
That night, the dreams changed.
They weren't fragments anymore.
They were… scenes.
We stood on a cliff overlooking a burning world.
He was bleeding.
I was crying.
"I'll find you," he said. "No matter how many worlds I have to break."
"Don't," I begged. "Please don't become someone you're not."
He smiled — broken, aching, desperate.
"I already did."
I woke up screaming.
The next day, a package arrived.
No sender.
No return address.
Inside was a single black feather.
And a note.
Three words.
"I never left."
My hands trembled.
Tears blurred my vision.
"Kai…" I whispered.
Something inside me shattered.
And something else… woke up.
Across the city, he felt it.
I didn't know that yet.
But the Veil did.
The Veil always knows.
And it was already preparing to collecThis moment is where love begins to remember itself. Sia doesn't fall in love — she recognizes it.
Because memories once awakened…
Don't stay silent.
And love once remembered…
Doesn't stay buried.