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CHAPTER 41
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2026-03-26 00:57:24
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The warmth of the water stayed on my skin long after everything settled, but it didn’t reach the heaviness sitting in my chest. The pool had gone still again, the soft ripples fading into nothing as the light from the crystals reflected against the stone walls around us. It should have felt peaceful, calm even, but it didn’t. Not fully.Something had shifted again.It wasn’t comfortable. It felt like something was being avoided.My thoughts wouldn’t stop. No matter how hard I tried to focus on the water, or the warmth, or the quiet of the room, my mind kept going back to the same place. To us. To what had just happened. To how everything between us always seemed to exist like this, hidden away, just for a moment, before it changed again the second we stepped outside.I had seen it too many times now.That shift, the distance, and even now, with him this close, I could already feel it creeping back in.I let out a slow breath, my fingers lightly moving through the water in front of me
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His lips crashed down on mine again, like they were seeking air and the only way they could find air, is by touching mine. My hands moved up and tangled into the hair at the back of his neck. Corin lifts me up in his arms once more as my legs folds around him. We decent into the lukewarm water—his hard shaft pressing against my clit. I was soaking wet down there before we entered the water. And now, it would be even easier to slip the fullness of him inside me. Corin broke the kiss, panting out of breath.“You are truly the most beautiful creature I have ever seen, Liora.” Hearing my name role of his lips is like a sweet melody to my ears. His hands roamed over my naked body until they stop at my breasts, cupping both of them in his hands. He squeezed softly before lowering down—tracing circles with his tongue around my left nipple. My back arches in response, pressing into the cool, stone side-walls of the pool. Corin’s tongue continue to circle around my nipp
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The distance between us disappeared in a single step as his hand came up, firm and certain as it caught my arm, pulling me toward him before I could react. The sudden movement stole the breath from my lungs, my body colliding with his as he closed the space completely, leaving no room for hesitation, no room for distance.It wasn’t careful.It wasn’t restrained.It was everything he had been holding back.His other hand came to my waist, steady and unyielding as he pulled me closer, as if letting go wasn’t something he was willing to risk anymore. I could feel the tension in him, the conflict still there, still present, but no longer in control the way it had been before.“You think I don’t feel this?” he said, his voice low, rougher than I had ever heard it, the words brushing against me as his grip tightened slightly. “You think any of this is easy for me?”My heart pounded against my chest, too fast, too loud, as I looked up at him, my breath uneven from the sudden closeness, from
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The silence between us did not soften after my last words. It settled heavier instead, pressing into the space like something alive, something waiting to see which of us would break first. My chest rose and fell unevenly as I held his gaze, refusing to step back now that everything had finally been said out loud.“You say you have feelings for me,” I continued, the words coming out sharper than I intended, edged with frustration that had been building for far too long, “but in the same breath, you distance yourself from me.” I shook my head slightly, the ache in my chest tightening as I forced myself to keep going. “Every time we argue about the same thing, Corin, you suddenly decide to confess how you feel, like that’s supposed to fix everything. But then right after that, you go back to acting like I’m just the helpless girl you pulled out of the river… or the princess you’re sworn to protect.”The words hung between us, but I didn’t stop.I couldn’t.“God, damn it, Corin,” I said,
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Rhys shifted slightly beside me, clearly enjoying every second of this, though he didn’t interrupt again. He didn’t need to.The tension between us was already enough.Corin stepped closer, his voice lowering slightly, though his eyes didn’t leave mine. “You don’t understand what you’re dealing with yet.”“Then let me learn,” I said, my voice firm despite the weight of his words. “Because standing around and waiting for the next attack isn’t helping anyone.”Silence stretched between us again, but this time it felt different.Not uncertain.Not quiet.But charged.Like something had shifted that couldn’t be undone.Corin held my gaze for a moment longer before his attention flicked briefly to Rhys, something unspoken passing between them before he looked back at me.“This isn’t over,” he said finally, his tone quieter n
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Of course he would watch.Something tightened in my chest at the thought, something I didn’t want to name as I forced myself to focus again, raising my sword as Rhys moved toward me once more.But it wasn’t the same.I could feel it.The awareness of Corin’s presence lingered at the edge of my thoughts, pulling at my focus, shifting something inside me that made it harder to ignore everything else.Rhys noticed that too.His gaze flicked briefly toward Corin again before returning to me, something sharper settling into his expression.“Well,” he said, almost lightly, though there was intention behind it now, “this just got more interesting.”I frowned slightly. “What does that mean?”“It means,” he replied, stepping closer again, his voice lowering just enough for only me to hear, “you’re about to learn a lot faster.”Before I coul
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