The alarms had finally gone silent.For the first time since the night began, the safehouse settled into a deeper quiet. Not the tense silence that came before danger, but the fragile stillness that arrived after exhaustion had burned through every nerve.The monitors glowed softly across the room, their pale blue light washing over the walls and furniture. Outside, the city lights flickered through the reinforced windows, distant and muted.Dominic leaned over the console, scanning the last security reports.“All clear,” he said after a moment, his voice quieter now. “For now.”I exhaled slowly, tension slipping from my shoulders like a weight finally loosening its grip.“For now,” I echoed.He turned toward me.And suddenly the room felt smaller.Not because of danger.Because of him.For a moment neither of us moved. The air between us felt heavy, charged with everything that had been building all night, every interrupted moment, every glance, every brush of skin that had sparked s
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