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34. Night Promises

Author: Rich
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-08-01 07:46:07

Max’s POV

Her breathing slowed against me, but the tremble in her limbs hadn’t fully eased. She was curled into me now, legs tangled with mine, her cheek pressed to my chest like she was trying to listen to the rhythm of my heart.

I held her tighter, pulling the blanket up around her bare shoulders. The room was dim, only the soft pulse of the ward-lights along the walls offered any glow but even that felt too bright for the quiet between us.

She exhaled shakily. I could feel the heat still clinging to her skin, simmering just beneath the surface, even as the worst of the storm had passed. Her body wasn’t demanding now, it was simply aching.

I felt the way she buried her face into me a little more, like she could hide the tears she hadn’t let fall.

“Lana…” I whispered her name low.

She didn’t answer.

I stroked my hand slowly up and down her spine, not to arouse her this time, but to soothe. Her skin was still warm and damp. But she was calming down slowly like a fire finally running o
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