Chapter 38Theron's POVFor several seconds after my lips touched hers, I forgot everything else.I had spent so much time denying what had been growing between us that finally acting on it felt both inevitable and terrifying. Lyra remained still beneath my touch, and for one brief moment, I allowed myself to believe she understood what I had been trying to say.I thought she understood that I wasn't speaking about duty anymore, that the concern I felt for her had become something I could no longer explain away.But she pulled away.The sudden movement caught me off guard, and I lowered my hand from her face as she stared at me with wide, uncertain eyes. Her breathing had quickened, but there was no warmth in her expression now. Instead, confusion and hurt slowly replaced the vulnerability I had seen moments earlier."What are you doing?" she asked, her voice barely above a whisper.The question came sharper this time, and I could hear the tremble beneath it. I took a step towards h
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