The sound wasn’t loud, but it cut through the room like a blade.Click.Both Alessio and Noa froze.The lock had turned, not from Alessio’s hand, but from the other side of the door. Someone was out there. Someone had dared to touch Alessio’s sanctuary.Alessio’s expression shifted instantly, all heat gone, replaced with something darker. He stood in one fluid movement, naked and terrifying, the glass of whiskey abandoned midair.Noa’s chest tightened. His fingers twisted in the sheets as if the cotton could anchor him. “Who was that?” His voice was barely a whisper, but in the silence, it sounded too loud, too dangerous, like the walls themselves could repeat it back.Alessio’s gaze cut to him, sharp and warning. “Stay.”That single word dropped like a commandment. Noa’s body obeyed even as his mind screamed. He pressed himself against the headboard, eyes wide, heart stuttering.Alessio crossed the room like a predator, every step controlled, silent despite his size. The muscles of h
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