They didn’t speak on the way down the ridge.The storm had softened into a steady fall, but the cold felt sharper now, cutting through layers that hadn’t mattered an hour ago. Snow crunched under their boots in a rhythm that should have been familiar, grounding.It wasn’t.Because something had shifted.And neither of them was pretending it hadn’t.Sebastian walked half a step ahead, scanning the slope, his focus locked on the terrain like always—but not quite as steady. Nyra noticed the slight delay in his reactions, the way his hand tightened once around his weapon before relaxing again.Control, she realized, was something he was actively rebuilding.Not something he currently had.The kiss had done that.Or maybe the kiss had simply exposed what had already been unraveling.Behind them, Sebastian’s men secured the chapel, voices low, movements efficient. Viktor was gone again. No trail. No body. Just the echo of his presence, lingering like smoke.Nyra slowed slightly, matching Se
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