The door clicked shut behind Kael, and the silence he left behind felt warm. Selene stayed where she was, her eyes fixed on the polished wood as though he might walk back through it. Slowly, a smile pulled at the corners of her mouth. She lifted her fingers to her lips and let herself remember: the heat of his hands, the unsteady breath before he leaned in, the way the whole world had narrowed to the space between them. He had said he loved her. And when she had dared him to prove it, he kissed her and didn't hesitated or looked away. He had simply done it, as if he had been waiting for permission all along. For the first time in days, the knot in her chest loosened. The plans, the lies, the constant fear of one wrong word undoing everything had all pressed on her until she forgot what it felt like to breathe freely. Now, sitting on the edge of the bed with the silk coverlet cool beneath her palms, she allowed herself to believe that things might actually work out. She was still
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