~Katia~The light was doing something extraordinary now — the fulldesert sunset beginning its final push, the sky moving through colours thatdidn’t exist anywhere else, and the dunes catching each shift and throwing itback amplified. Rose, gold, deep amber, something approaching red that was notquite any colour I had a name for.Hassan was at the camp below – just visible, a small figuremoving between the tents, far enough that the desert had swallowed all soundbetween us and him.We were entirely alone on the ridge.Julian turned to me, his eyes dark, reflecting the dying gold ofthe sun. There was no innocence left in the way he looked at me. It was asilent, predatory claim. He reached out, his hand cupping the back of my neck,and pulled me into a kiss that tasted like heat and salt and a night ofsuppressed hunger.We sank onto the dune together. The sand was still warm from theday, fine as silk beneath us. Julian pushed me back slowly, his weight a heavypressure until my
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