Mira’s POVThe window creaked open at midnight like it always did. I was already awake, waiting. Three years of this and my body still tingles the second I heard his soft footfall on the roof.He slipped through the narrow frame, landing quietly on the worn floorboards of my tiny room.Even in the dark I knew those broad shoulders anywhere. Kael.He crossed the room in two strides and pulled me up from the bed before I could get a word out.His mouth crashed into mine, hungry, desperate, like he hadn’t kissed me just last night.His hands moved over me, rough but careful and I melted right into him the way I always did.“Couldn’t wait,” he murmured against my lips, already tugging at my thin nightshirt. “Been thinking about you all day. Every damn meeting, every training session. Just you.”“Kael—” I started but he cut me off with another kiss, deeper this time. His tongue swept against mine in a slow stroke that stole my breath.He walked me backward until my knees hit the bed and we
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