Aurelia's point of viewThe curtains fluttered with a slow, deliberate breeze, carrying the faint fragrance of morning dew and pinewood from the forest outside. A silvery glow lingered on the fabric, a gentle reminder that dawn had already broken, but I lay there unmoving, caught between the comfort of the moment and the weight of reality pressing over my chest. My gaze drifted to the man beside me. Silas slept soundly, his breath steady, chest rising and falling in perfect rhythm as if the chaos of the world could not reach him here. For a fleeting instant, I allowed myself the luxury of smiling.My heart still burned with the memories of last night, his hands roaming my skin, his lips trailing fire down my throat, the desperate passion that had tethered us together as though nothing outside existed. There was a time when we made love like that endlessly, recklessly, in a haze of youth and freedom, but duty had crept into our lives like a thief, stealing away the hours we once shared
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