Saint's Progress Part 3 Chapter 12

In which the weary Fort finds himself a reluctant companion to Leila’s fading hope and simmering despair, her affection a bittersweet reminder of youth betrayed and love unrequited. Through restless nights and tangled thoughts, the fragile bonds between them strain under the weight of time’s inexorable passage and the haunting presence of another whose claim on Fort’s heart is unshakable.