AuraThe morning air felt different. Softer, sweeter. Something seems to had shifted in the wind. I woke up with an odd warmth in my chest, like someone had tightly held my heart by wrapping their arms around it. Blinking away the sleep fog, I stretched and saw Kai, shirtless and chopping wood, through the open door.With every swing, his muscles tensed under the gentle sunlight, his brow shone.I felt the pull again.Soft and warm, like a heartbeat that doesn't belong to me, the bond pulsed weakly in my chest. Unlike the frantic fire I'd once felt for Ryder, it was quieter and deeper. It was steady, certain, like a river that knew where it was going, not possessive or suffocating.Feeling the gentle flutter where our bond lived, I pushed my palm against my chest. Like roots burrowing into the soil of my soul. The night before, I had felt it start to grow slowly, but steady. Even though it was just on my forehead, his kiss had opened something wide inside me.I let my hand fall to m
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