Ellaya’s heart thundered in her chest as she stood frozen in the dimly lit corridor, the air thick with tension. The silence wrapped around them like a veil, every breath suspended. Iden’s gaze locked onto hers—piercing, searching for hesitation, doubt, anything that might hold her back. “Are you sure you want this?” he asked, his voice low, threaded with something raw and unspoken. Her mind spun. She had never been impulsive. Calculated. Composed. But this—this wasn’t logic. This was Iden. The man who had unraveled her carefully constructed world. The man who had ignited desires she didn’t know she possessed. She nodded, steady. “Yes,” she whispered. The word trembled in the air, barely audible but filled with certainty. She had walked away from her career, her family, her status. And she hadn’t once looked back. Iden’s face shifted. The sharp lines softened, and a faint smile curled at the corner of his lips. He stepped forward, wrapping her in his arms—strong, sure, grounding.
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