“You didn’t,” she whispered, her voice shaking. Her hands pressed flat against his chest, feeling the steady beat of his heart beneath her palms. “I’m here. I’m right here.”Darius searched her eyes, as if trying to convince himself she wasn’t an illusion, as if any second she might vanish like smoke. He lifted a hand to cup her cheek, his thumb brushing away the tears that had trailed down her skin.“You don’t know,” he said, his jaw tightening, “what it did to me, knowing they had you. Knowing I couldn’t get to you fast enough.” His voice faltered, not with weakness, but with the sheer fury and pain he carried. “I swore to myself, if anything happened to you. If my instinct was wrong…” He broke off, swallowing hard, unable to finish the thought.Ashera leaned into his touch, her heart twisting at the shadows in his eyes. She had always known Darius was strong, unshakable, but now she saw the man behind the Alpha, the man who had endured hell in her absence just as she had.Her lips
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