Roxellena’s POVI love watching him fight himself.Adrian stands on the narrow wooden beam stretched over the deep pool, posture perfect, expression carefully controlled. But I can see the tension in his jaw, the way his eyes keep drifting back to me even when he forces them away. I deliberately turn, letting the soft fabric of my top slip just enough to bare the smooth line of my back. I feel his gaze burn against my skin before he tears it away again. The power of that moment settles low in my stomach.“Arboreal stability training. Lesson one,” he says, voice steady. He stands at the center of the beam, water dark and still beneath him. “Come up.”I climb the pole attached to the beam. The wood is rough under my palms, the air cool against my bare arms. When I finally stand on the narrow surface, it shifts slightly beneath my weight. My heart kicks hard.Adrian has already moved to the far end. He watches me, waiting.“Come meet me.”I take my first step. Then another. The beam tr
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