TRISTAN'S POVThe car's engine hummed softly beneath us, the rhythmic motion strangely soothing. Giovanni’s hand never left mine, his thumb still brushing over my knuckles in a steady, comforting pattern. He was quiet, his focus entirely on me, on the fact that I was still breathing, still with him. But even in the silence, there was a tension in the air, thick and palpable, and it wasn’t just the exhaustion weighing on me.His gaze flickered briefly to my face, the corner of his lip twitching down in a tight frown as he noticed the way my body was sagging into the seat, the way I still couldn’t seem to keep my eyes open for more than a few seconds.“You’re pale,” Giovanni muttered, his voice low, almost to himself. His eyes never left me, as if he were scanning every inch of my skin, every flicker of my pulse. “You’ve suffered too much.”I tried to brush it off with a weak, half-hearted grin, but the movement was so strained, so unconvincing, that Giovanni's express
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