My breath caught, my body leaning, almost unconsciously, closer to his warmth. Kai didn’t move, didn’t push, didn’t demand. He just stood there, steady and patient, like an anchor in the middle of the storm that was my life. His scent, clean, sharp, with a faint trace of smoke and leather, wrapped around me, grounding me in a way I didn’t know I craved.For a fleeting moment, I wanted to stay right there. Pressed against him, hidden in that pocket of stillness he created just for me. With him, there were no games, no power struggles, no dangerous sparks waiting to ignite. Just quiet. Just calm.My chest rose and fell unevenly, as though my heart couldn’t decide whether to slow down or race faster. And when his hand brushed, barely, against my arm, gentle, hesitant, almost reverent, I felt a shiver crawl up my spine.Safe. That’s what he made me feel. Safe, when Liam’s gaze burned me alive and Zane’s fire threatened to consume me whole.A dangerous thought curled at the edge of my min
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