~Elivira~ His thick, heavy fur felt like a living blanket, trapping my body heat and shielding me from the cold ground. It was the strangest feeling,being held by a beast that could kill me in a second, yet feeling safer than I had ever felt in my entire life. The beat of his heart calmed mine. I was exhausted, spent from the run and the adrenaline, and wrapped in his warmth, I felt a strange peace wash over me. My eyes grew heavy, and before I knew it, I drifted off into a deep, dreamless sleep. When I woke up, the world was blurry. The sun was lower in the sky, casting long, orange shadows across the clearing. I felt the weight of someone staring at me. I blinked, trying to clear the cobwebs from my head, and realized I wasn't being held by a wolf anymore. I was still on the forest floor, but I was wrapped in a heavy leather jacket that smelled exactly like Gabriel. And Gabriel himself was standing right over me, his arms crossed over his bare chest, his face a mask of
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