Mated In Chaos- The Broken Mate //free\\ Jun 2026

The Meridian council was voting on whether to abandon the settlement and split into smaller migrating groups. Supplies were low, morale lower. The decision would tear people apart.

In the chaos, Jarek moved the way he always had — a flinch toward other people, a reach for hands that needed steadiness. He helped barricade a supply node; he dragged a collapsed beam off a trapped woman. He worked like someone who wanted to stitch things back together. Mated In Chaos- The Broken Mate