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Kayla's POV

I woke up to the sound of soft breathing beside me. For a moment, I didn’t move.

My view was too fucking perfect to look away from.

I just lay there, staring at Adrian. The morning light spilled in from the curtains, landing perfectly on his face. His lashes were dark against his skin, his mouth relaxed in the kind of peace I rarely saw in him.

It still amazed me sometimes that this was real—that after everything, he was here, next to me.

A lump rose in my throat as I thought of everything we’d gone through, the enemies circling us, the constant threats, the mistakes that nearly tore us apart. And yet, here we were.

I’d do it all again if it meant keeping the people I love safe.

“Good morning darling,” Adrian’s deep voice broke my thoughts. His eyes cracked open, and he smiled at me in that way that always made my chest tighten.

“i love when you stare at me,” he teased, voice husky from sleep.

I flushed, caught. “I wasn't staring.. I was just…thinking.”

“About how lucky y
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