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15. The ride to war.

Author: Jt
last update Last Updated: 2025-04-13 07:24:53

I didn't know how long we lay there, wrapped up in each other. Gabriel's body was warm and solid against mine, his hand tracing slow, lazy patterns over my back. The weight of him, the smell of him, cedar and skin and sex, it grounded me in a way I hadn't realized I needed.

I tucked my face against his chest, breathing him in. For a while, neither of us spoke.

There was no need.

But the words eventually clawed their way up my throat, demanding to be said. "James and I... it's over," I whispered into the silence.

Gabriel's hand stilled on my back. "What happened?"

I pulled back just enough to see his face. His expression was calm, open.

He wasn't pushing me.

He was listening.

"I caught him," I said, voice low and raw. "Today. With another woman. In our bed."

Gabriel's jaw tightened, a flash of anger darkening his eyes, but he didn't say anything. He just waited.

"I confronted him," I went on, picking at the edge of the blanket. "But he, he twisted it around. Said he knew I was sneaking
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