Sleeping inside Azriel's arms did not mean either of us remained asleep.Sometime after midnight, I woke to his mouth moving along my shoulder and his hand spread across my waist. The second time began slowly, with drowsy kisses and whispered questions against my skin. The third did not.After that, the hours dissolved into warm sheets, tangled limbs, and the steady sound of my name in his voice. I stopped trying to determine where one moment ended and another began. There was only Azriel beneath my hands, the black diamond still around my finger, and the certainty that every time I reached for him, he reached back.By dawn, even my wolf had abandoned me to exhaustion.I lay across Azriel's chest with one leg trapped between his and my cheek resting over his heart. His skin remained warm beneath me. Each slow rise of his breathing lifted my head before lowering it again.Azriel, however, remained offensively awake.One arm curved around my back while his fingers traced idle paths alon
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