The final line from Noa's play, *A Love That Shakes the Heavens*, was etched into Rosvisser's memory. At the time, she’d thought it was just a line Leon had come up with for the play’s dramatic end—a line meant to fit the moment, to be forgotten after the curtains fell.

Yet here he was, bringing it up himself.

Could it be that… that line had been more than just an act? Had that “mangy man” snuck a piece of his true feelings into the script?

Rosvisser’s lips curled into a teasing smile as she folded her arms, feigning indifference.

“What …