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12 – Investigation
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The Price of a Second Chance 223 – Lancelot
I wanted so much to kiss her and feel her skin. The phrase was caught between breath and silence. She still looked at me, hand on my face, touch light enough to remind me that I was alive. Her breath was too close, her heart beating fast enough to make me feel the rhythm in the air. I could pretend it was the sound of mine.But I couldn’t pretend. There was something inside of me that still pulsed differently—the beast, the shadow, whatever it was under my skin. Even so, when she leaned a little more, everything else ceased to matter. I felt her warmth before feeling the touch.The kiss came slowly. Hesitant. A touch of lips, the kind that asks for permission and at the same time grants it. For a second, the world dissolved. No forest, no chase, no fever. Just her. Her hand went up to my neck, and I held her by the waist, carefully, as if I feared that the simple contact could be too much. Her body reacted, and mine too, each recognizing the other with a precision that no word would h
The Price of a Second Chance 222 – Lancelot
Woke up to the sound of cups. Small, domestic, impossible to confuse with anything from the forest. For a moment, I thought I was dreaming. Then I realized that the smell of coffee was real and that the body, although still heavy, already obeyed better. The fever had passed. What remained was the pain.I opened my eyes slowly. The room was almost the same. The sun came in through the cracks of the curtain. Naomi was on her back, moving something on the table. The hair fell loose, messy."You woke up." She turned with a small, tired but true smile. She approached, bringing a cup. "Want to try a drink?"I watched the steam go up. "Is it coffee?""It is."She sat down next to me and handed me the cup. Her warmth in my hands made me realize how much they were still shaking. I tried to hold on, but some liquid spilled. She didn’t say anything. She just wiped with a cloth without taking her eyes off me."It’s bitter," I said, after a sip.We were silent for a while. The world seemed too sma
The Price of a Second Chance 221 – Lancelot
The first thing I felt was the weight. The weight of my own body, my breath, the pain under my skin. The world didn’t make sense. The ceiling rotated above me, the light was dim, and the air smelled like her. Naomi.It took me a while to understand that I was no longer in the forest. The sound of running water had disappeared. Instead, I heard the clapping of wood, the sound of tissue moving, and the low rhythm of a close breath. I tried to move, but the body responded with a pain that pierced every bone. When I opened my eyes, everything was blurry."Calm down," she said. "Don’t try to get up yet."She. I turned my face slowly, and the world came into focus enough to see the outline of her sitting next to me. Hair stuck anyway, eyes deep but alive. There was a strange tiredness in it."Naomi," I tried to say, but the voice came out hoarse. It sounded more like a scratch than a name.She leaned, approaching. "You’re safe."Safe. The word sounded wrong. There was no safety for me. Nor
The Price of a Second Chance 220 – Naomi
The silence after his words was stuck in the air. "I love you too." That’s what he had said. But the voice came out hoarse and scratched, as if it no longer belonged to him. For a moment, I wanted to believe that it was real, that it was the man who spoke. Only that his look still oscillated between two tones. I stood still, not knowing what to do, as if a wrong move could shatter the little lucidity that was still in him.He breathed with difficulty. The skin burned under my hands, and the wounds opened again in small red spots. I took one of the wet towels and wiped his face, slowly, measuring the touch, as if the skin were glass. I felt everything at the same time: fear, tiredness, and love. None of them annulled themselves. All coexisted inside me."You are here with me," I murmured, more for myself than for him. "And that’s enough for now."He moved, light, a reflection. The fingers contracted and released, as if looking for something. I took his hand and caught it between mine.
The Price of a Second Chance 219 – Naomi
I lifted him as I could. His body was light and heavy at the same time. I held him in my lap, resting my head between my shoulder and my chest, and felt the scent of mud, blood, and fur mixing with his smell. "Stay with me," I whispered. "Hold on, just a little longer." He breathed, a short sound.The branches scratched my legs, the boots slipped in the mud; in each fall, I held him as if holding the last piece of the world. There was no rush to take everything at once. When the skin rubbed with my hand, I felt trembling; when the forehead touched my shoulder, I almost fainted in relief.The stream stayed behind, and the trail went up. Every time I saw a clearing, my body reacted. Casper was not foolish; he would not give up.At one point, his chest sank against my body, and I felt his heart beat. I felt the ribs under my hand, the uneven heat, and started chanting small, simple things to keep humanity there. The breath faltered, and for a second, his eyes trembled as if they wanted t
The Price of a Second Chance 218 – Naomi
The silence after the howling was the worst kind of noise. I was kneeling for too long, trying to understand if he was still close or if it was just the forest fooling me.I stood up slowly, my legs shaking. Likewise, I couldn’t stop there. The ground showed the trail of escape. He was hurt. It was his territory. Even without seeing, I felt. He guided me. "You can’t be far away," I murmured, not noticing that he was speaking out loud. The sound of my own voice made me shudder.I walked as the ground began to descend. The smell became stronger there, and the air was warmer. It was strange. The sound of the water reached me first. The stream. It always came back there.When I got close, I saw the blood trail mixed with the water. I stood still for a moment, my chest clenching. "You’re listening to me, aren’t you?" I asked. Nothing was answered. Only the sound of the current. I took another step. The ground gave slightly under the feet, and something shone near the shore.The wind blew l
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