Irene Steam is already curling from the bathroom doorway; Rowan must have slipped away to run it. The scent of salt and rosemary drifts out with the heat. “Efficient as always,” Kevin murmurs, following behind. “Efficiently dangerous,” Rowan calls from inside, his grin audible. “I might have overdone the candles.” Laughter ripples through the tension, but the bond’s glow doesn’t fade—it deepens. By the time Cassian carries me across the room , the air itself feels charged, every breath threaded with wanting. The bath waits—a wide marble basin filled to the brim, light trembling on the surface. Cassian steps in first, drawing me with him; water closes over our skin, warm enough to make me sigh. Elias kneels to pour a measure of oil, Rowan trails fingers along my shoulder, Kevin brushes wet hair from my face. Care becomes comfort, and comfort tilts, almost imperceptibly, toward hunger. I look from one face to the next—four pairs of eyes, four different kinds of devotion—and
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