Ember (As Ash) POVKaela’s scent slid into the chamber before she did, sharp and heavy, and my whole body went rigid against the wall. My pulse thudded hard enough to choke me, and I barely dared to breathe. Zane’s gaze cut to mine across the gloom, burning, steady, a silent command: don’t move. Don’t speak. Not a sound. The door eased open, slow, deliberate, and then she was there—Kaela, her gown whispering as she stepped inside like a predator. She didn’t greet him. She didn’t greet me. She prowled the room, her eyes gleaming like a cat testing where the mouse hid.The silence stretched. My lungs screamed for air, but I couldn’t drag in more than the shallowest breaths. Then Zane’s voice broke it, low, mocking, lazy in the way only he could pull off. “You planning to skulk all night, Kaela, or are you going to spit out why you’re here?”Her smirk curved sharp, but her eyes narrowed as she moved further in. She circled the room slow, deliberate, her head turning just enough that my h
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