One Heart, Which Brother?
For once, the Delwunco estate was quiet not the kind of quiet that threatened, but the kind that came after a storm had ripped through and left everything trembling.
Lia lay draped across Ruben’s chest, her ear pressed to the steady thrum of his heartbeat. It was a rhythm she had learned long ago, one she used to find comfort in. Tonight, it was different. Tonight, she could feel the cracks in it, the falters he had always hidden from her.
His arm was still locked around her waist, his grip so tight it was as if letting go meant losing her forever. His thumb brushed absently along her spine, a restless movement that betrayed a man who was still bleeding inside.
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