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Closer To The Flame

Author: Sweet Kisses
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-06-13 10:59:21

I sat across from him at the stone table, the early morning breeze brushing strands of hair across my cheek. The balcony was wide and elegant, wrapped in trailing ivy and touched by sunlight that filtered through the trees. A porcelain tea set rested between us, steam rising in gentle curls.

The maids had just left, silent as shadows.

Sebastian closed his book and placed it on the table beside his tea. His back had been straight the entire time, posture unnervingly perfect. He finally looked at me, and I met the chill of his steady grey eyes.

“I wanted to thank you,” he said, voice quiet but firm. “For last night.”

I didn’t flinch. “I was doing my job, Young Alpha.”

“Your job is to protect Marcus,” he replied. Not cold, not sarcastic—just a statement of fact.

“Marcus wasn’t the one surrounded,” I said simply, pouring my tea. “You were. And if something happened to you under my watch, don’t you think that would reflect poorly on the Eldridge Pack?”

His jaw tightened slightly, just enou
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