~Dominic's Pov~I had told myself, sworn to myself, again and again, that the only way to keep Aliyah safe was to stay the hell away from her.Distance.Silence.Discipline.Cold, ironclad rules I repeated like scripture. Like commandments carved into my ribs. Every time her face flickered behind my eyes, every time her voice threaded through my memory, every time the ghost of her mouth hovered close enough to taste, those were the words I clung to.Rules I had sworn I’d obey.And yet here I was, feet glued to the hallway outside Clara’s apartment, like some pathetic moth already singed but still hypnotically drawn to the flame that burned him.It wasn’t smart. It wasn’t safe. It wasn’t right.But I couldn’t stop myself.I stood in front of the door, hands curled into fists so tight my knuckles ached. My breath slipped out uneven, shaky, betraying the storm roiling inside me. From behind the door, I heard laughter, soft, feminine, familiar.Her laughter.It cut straight through me.It
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