Elena’s POVHis eyes glowed like lightning trapped behind glass.For a heartbeat, the world stopped the alarms, the rain hammering the roof, the hiss of electricity from the shattered wires. Everything went silent except the sound of my pulse racing in my ears.He looked at me… but it wasn’t him.Not the man who once brushed a stray hair from my cheek before a board meeting.Not the man who pulled me close when nightmares from my past life woke me shaking.Not the man who said, in a rare whisper, “If the world burns, I’ll build you another one.”This Alexander was something else.Wilder. Stronger. Terrifyingly still.The golden light beneath his skin pulsed like a heartbeat, spreading across his veins, up his neck, into his eyes until they shimmered with molten fury.“Alexander,” I whispered, stepping closer.He flinched, as if the sound of my voice hurt. His hand trembled. I reached for him instinct, foolish, inevitable and his fingers brushed mine.A spark shot between us, real an
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