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Alex

She slept in my arms.

That never used to happen.

Not when she'd wake with fists bunched and lungs half to shout. Not when every creak of metal was danger and every nightmare ended in blood.

Now, though?

Now Sophia burrowed into me like I was something secure.

I wasn't.

Not exactly.

But I'd die trying to be.

The fire from earlier had burned low, soft coals glowing under a ring of stones we’d found in the clearing. Lina was still curled beside the rig, breathing even. For now, the world was quiet.

Too quiet.

I kept my eyes on the treeline, but my thoughts stayed tangled in her.

She spasmed in her sleep, forehead creasing. I stroked her hair. Wet with perspiration, matted from the run. But still soft. Still hers.

God, how she'd kissed me before.

It hadn't been a kiss.

It had been surrender.

Not to me.

To hope.

I had no idea how much I'd needed it.

Something rustled at the edge of the clearing. My hand went to my blade, slow, silent. But it was only a fox, limping, half-starved. It s
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