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Chapter 9: Mate
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2026-06-06 23:00:17He said my name for the first time. My chest cavity felt like it was being violently crushed by an invisible fist. My heart slammed twice against his palm, then missed a beat. My name rolled out of his throat with a rough, dragging tail sound, landing in the gap of air between us that was less than a fist's width.
Too close. So close I could see the very faint old scar on his lower lip. So close I could count the lines in his ir
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