EMBER~The moment Keres lifted his gaze back to mine, something inside me snapped, quietly, and decisively. I didn’t give myself time to think as I reached up and cupped his face between my palms. I felt the heat of him seep into my skin, and said the truth before fear could catch up with me. “Yes,” I breathed. “You can…kiss me”But instead, I kissed him myself. It wasn’t the careful hesitant type of a kiss, it was the kind of kiss that carried all the tension I had been circling for days, weeks, pressed into a single, reckless moment. His lips were warm, just as I had imagined, tasting faintly of wine and something unmistakably him. I kissed him with a hunger that surprised even me, as though I had been holding my breath for far too long and only just remembered how to breathe.For a heartbeat, he froze then Keres did something that told me more about him than any threat or declaration ever had. He slowed us down.His hands came up, firm but gentle, guiding my face, tilting his head
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