Crave Me,Kill Me
Not the system.
The simplicity.
The promise that if they gave in, they could feel everything again without the chaos of choice.
Cassian leaned in, his forehead resting against hers. “This node knows us. It’s not random. It’s intimate.”
“It’s us,” Aria whispered. “Or the version of us the system loved most.”
A silence passed.
Long. Fragile.
Then Cassian’s hand rose, threading through her hair, pulling her close not as a lover, not as a partner as someone terrified of what comes next.