And he was there.Sitting in the chair beside my hospital bed like he belonged there.Dressed in black, the collar of his shirt loose, his sleeves rolled up, exposing the veins that ran up his forearms.His eyes—They weren’t just looking at me.They were inside me.Sinking into my thoughts.Curling into the cracks of my mind.The room felt smaller.Tighter.The walls weren’t white anymore.The lights overhead buzzed, flickering between shadows, casting shapes that moved.Cassian tilted his head.The slow, indulgent movement of a predator who already knew how this would end.“I can hear your thoughts.”His voice was a silk-drenched whisper, threading into my bones.“All that fear. That doubt.”I forced my mouth open, my throat raw, words rotting on my tongue.“This—this isn’t real.”Cassian sighed, running a hand through his dark hair.“Still clinging to that, are we?”He leaned forward, elbows resting on his knees.Then—His fingers ghosted over my wrist.Every muscle in my body lock
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