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Chapter 42: First Touch
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2026-03-08 20:52:19
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The Alpha Who Lost the Moon Chapter 42: First Touch
Nyra's POVHis hand is warm.That's the first thing I notice. The place in my chest where the bond has lived like a splinter of ice for five years and Kael Draven's palm is resting over it, and he is warm. Impossibly so. Like standing too close to a fire you convinced yourself you didn't need.I don't move.Neither does he.We stand in the moonlit ruins, his hand over my heart, and I feel the cold thing in my chest shift. Just slightly. Just enough to notice. Like ice at the very edge of a window, beginning to melt from the outside in."It's warm," I say. It comes out quieter than I intend."Is that bad?" Kael asks."I don't know yet."His hand doesn't press harder. Doesn't move. He just holds it there, steady and patient, and lets me decide what to do with it.That's the thing that undoes me. Every time. Not the grand gestures. Just this. The waiting.After a moment, I take a small step back. Not to escape. Just to breathe.He lets me. His arm drops to his side without reluctance or
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