❀° ┄───────╮ Sylphiette ╰───────┄ °❀ Time felt frozen for a moment; Cassius’s eyes captivated mine. My heart palpitated so hard and loud, I thought it might burst out of my chest any second. My skin burned, simmering with heat beneath my cloak, and something else… relief. But it was only for a fleeting moment until he started towards me—his gait, slow, measured, quiet, even beneath the forest debris. He held Kian in his strong arm, cradled against his torso, and clad in an all-black combat outfit; a black t-shirt that hugged his powerful muscles and black cargo pants matched with black boots made for stomping his enemies. The chaos faded into muffled, distressed sound, behind him—Zenya’s struggles and screams subdued by Gilles’s arresting form beside her—momentarily forgotten, and all I felt was him. Each step he took forward pulled my body backward, until I felt the hard, rough bark of a tree against my back, sealing my feet to the ground. There’s a look in his eyes that I c
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