Chapter 52: Will you marry me? “Will you marry me?” Kael asked again.His voice was hoarse, barely more than a whisper, yet it cut through the stillness of the tent like a blade through silk. His eyes, storm dark, brimming with fever and pain, locked onto Elias. The words trembled on his lips, carrying every ounce of vulnerability he had left.Elias froze. His breath caught in his throat as if Kael’s question had stolen the air from the room. For a moment, he saw a boy beneath the warrior’s scars—trembling, desperate, begging for something no battlefield could ever grant him. But Elias’s heart, already burdened with duty to his family in Thailand, fear, and the sharp sting of reality, hardened.“No.”The word slipped from his mouth like a shard of ice. Firm, cold, final.Kael blinked as though struck across the face. His mouth opened, but no sound came, only the ragged shudder of his breath. Blood seeped fresh through the bandages at his ribs, darkening the fabric. Yet he didn’t care
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