Chapter One HundredMaya’s POVThe fire had burned low, soft orange fading into a dull red glow. The room felt smaller now, like the air had thickened overnight, trapping everything we’d done inside it.I could still feel him against my skin not his weight anymore, but the memory of it. The heat of his breath near my neck, the quiet way he’d said my name, the sound of his heartbeat when everything else had gone silent.Ethan hadn’t moved much. He lay on his back, one arm still around me, his hand resting loosely on my hip. His chest rose and fell slow, steady, but I could tell he wasn’t asleep. Neither of us were.I kept my eyes on the ceiling, the faint cracks in the plaster, the way the morning light started to push through the curtains. Everything outside was waking up, but inside this room, it felt like time hadn’t moved at all.The silence between us wasn’t heavy just fragile. The kind that would break if either of us spoke too soon.I shifted slightly, and his hand tightened jus
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