A startled yelp slipped from her lips.“Ah!"Just then, Darius turned around, catching sight of her fall, and on pure reflex, he lunged, steadying her before she hit the floor.As Magda tumbled into his arms, her faint, alluring scent made him freeze, his brows knitting. There was something hauntingly familiar about that fragrance.Darius’ brow tightened subtly. That faint, elegant scent tugged his mind backward, five years into the past.Back then, during an overseas mission, he had been ambushed, wounded, drugged, and feverish. That night blurred into chaos and ended with a woman. When he came to, she was gone. No name. No trace. It felt like a dream, one that dissolved with the morning light.Between the injury, the fever, and the drugs in his veins, his memory had been a complete haze. Her face, her voice, everything was lost. All that lingered was her scent. That soft, refined fragrance that clung to her skin like a whisper.He had searched for her ever since. Quietly. Desperately
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