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Chapter 18: The Way Her Cold Felt Warm

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Chapter 18: The Way Her Cold Felt Warm

Aria woke up tangled in heat and cold. Not the kind that bit, but the kind that slid along skin like silk dipped in snow. Selene's arm was slung across her waist, her breath soft against Aria's neck, and their legs were a mess of thigh and hip beneath the half - kicked - off blanket. The gallery around them was quiet except for the slow hum of the storm outside.

She didn't move right away.

It was stupid, but she didn't want to ruin it. This weird, fragile pocket of peace in the middle of a city crumbling to pieces.

Selene's hand flexed slightly in her sleep, fingers tracings against Aria's stomach like they were still reaching for something in a dream.

Aria turned her head just enough to see her.

Silver - blonde hair. Forest green eyes barely fluttering beneath pale lids. And skin that still felt too cold to belong to someone human. But Selene was breathing. Alive. Real.

And holding her like she meant it.

Aria's heart did this awkward little flut
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