Arielle. That night stretched longer than I thought nights could. The villa felt too quiet and aware of itself. I could still hear faint music from the city far away, the hum of traffic like a dream I had no part in. My skin still tingled from earlier from his voice and from the feel of his hand pressing me down and the way he had looked at me after. I told myself to stop thinking about it but how could I, when every breath I took still carried his scent?Kael hadn’t said much after that moment. He had gone silent again that kind of silence that wasn’t empty but full of storm. We didn’t speak as we left the living room. His face was unreadable like he’d shut a door inside himself. I followed him upstairs because I didn’t know what else to do and the sound of our footsteps echoed against the marble.He stopped halfway down the hall, near his room, and turned to look at me. The lamp from the corridor caught his face at an angle half light and the other half is a shadow. “Go to bed”
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