Chapter 96Ariel’s POVI could feel his breath against my lips before I could even process how close we were.It brushed over my face, warm and his, as my heart reacted instantly with a sharp rhythm that echoed through my chest, as if it were trying to escape.We dream closer, far too close to not notice the shape of his lips.I reached out suddenly and wrapped my fingers around his shirt, gripping a portion without thinking. My eyes lingered on his lips… then back to his eyes. And without noticing, I ran my tongue over my lips, watching the way his lips twitched at that.A part of me wanted to pull back, to create some distance, to breathe, to think, but that part was far back, fading fast.Drowned beneath something heavier. Something warmer.Something that made my pulse quicken instead of push back.I didn’t move away. Instead, I leaned in ever so slightly.Just enough to get him to part his lips, like he was expecting mine.Then something flashed across his expression, more like h
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