Elara's POV The quiet that settled between us afterward was different from any quiet I ever found myself in with him before. Not tense, not careful, just still, the good kind of still that came after something shifted between two people and neither of them needed to fill it with words right away.He was the one who broke the silence, his voice low and easy even then."You need to go back, you've been gone two days and people will have noticed.""I know," I said, turning to look at him."Your friends are going to ask where you were," he continued, his eyes on mine. "And when they do, I need you to tell them the truth. Tell them who I am."I shook my head before he even finished. "No," I said, sitting up straighter and meeting his gaze. "I don't want to. What we have, who you really are, all of it feels like something that belongs just between us and I'm not ready to share that with anyone else yet. Not even them."He looked at me for a long moment, and I could tell he was actually wei
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