~Elara~ I stood frozen between the two brothers, my heart beating so hard I was certain they could both hear it. The almost-kiss with Damien still tingled on my lips, which must be the reason Rhys was staring at us with an expression that I'd never seen on his face. No. Not us. He was staring at Damien. "Brother," Damien said again, his voice irritatingly casual. "Did you need something? We were rather in the middle of a conversation." "A conversation." Rhys's voice was deadly as he spoke. "Is that what you call it?" "What would you call it?" Rhys didn't answer. His jaw tightened, the tension making his eyes twitch. At that moment, his eyes seemed darker than usual. I should say something, maybe try to explain. But what was there to explain? Damien had been about to kiss me, and I had been about to let him. There was no innocent interpretation of what Rhys had just witnessed. "Elara was curious about the transformation," Damien continued, seemingly unbothered by his brother's
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