Neither of them moved for what felt like a long time, though Alessia would later be unable to say whether it had actually been seconds or minutes, time having lost its usual shape somewhere in the charged silence between them."We should keep working," she said finally, though she made no move to pull her hand away."We should." Nikolia's voice was low, rough, equally unconvinced by his own agreement. "I don't seem to be very good at that particular instruction right now.""Neither am I." The admission slipped out before she could stop it, honest in a way she hadn't allowed herself to be with him in weeks.His thumb moved slightly against the back of her hand, barely a motion at all, and yet it sent something warm and dangerous racing up her arm, old memory and present longing tangling together until she couldn't quite tell which one she was actually responding to."Alessia." Her name again, quieter this time, almost reverent. "I need to tell you something.""What?""I've spent five y
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