Elariana Every part of my body felt heavy, but it was a sweet kind of exhaustion, not the numbing, hollow fatigue I had known within the walls of Black Rock. Zane helped me up, his movements infinitely gentle now. He lifted me into his arms and carried me to the bathing room as if he were guarding the rarest treasure in the world. Steam rose from the massive stone basin, the scent of essential oils filling the space. When we sank into the hot water, a sigh escaped me without thinking. Zane sat behind me, drawing me between his legs, my back resting against his broad chest. “It still weighs on you, doesn’t it?” I asked softly, tilting my head back. I could feel the remnants of guilt in his eyes. “I just don’t ever want you to be afraid of me, Lyra,” he replied as he slowly began washing my shoulders. “You are the only thing in my life that is clean and good.” I turned in the water to face him. Our gazes locked, and in this warm, mist filled saf
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