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168. In Your Arms, I Choose Truth

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Albert

Edward’s lips were still warm against mine when the world finally settled around us again.

For a long moment, neither of us moved. His forehead rested against mine, our breaths mixing; uneven, trembling, and too full of everything we hadn’t said in days, weeks, maybe years. The faint glow of the moon filtered through the bedroom curtains, painting Edward’s skin in silver-soft light. I could feel his heartbeat against my chest, slow but steadier than when I carried him out of the forest.

He was alive.

We were here.

And for the first time since the ritual, I allowed myself to breathe.

I cupped his jaw gently.

“You’re safe now,” I whispered.

His eyes fluttered open, those soft, golden-brown eyes that had haunted me ever since I was a teenager, the ones that always held more emotion than he ever said out loud. Now they held something rawer. Shame. Relief. Love so intense that it made my throat tighten.

“Albert…” His voice cracked.

“Shh.” I brushed my thumb beneath his eye. “You do
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