The morning after the triple bond, I woke to warmth.Cassian was on my left, his arm draped over my waist, his face buried in my hair. His breathing was slow, even, peaceful. The walls he had built over a lifetime—walls of ice, walls of silence, walls of fear—were gone, and in their place was something soft, something vulnerable, something that looked like trust. His hand rested on my stomach, and I could feel his heartbeat through his palm, steady and strong, a rhythm I had come to know as well as my own. The first wolf's blade was propped against the bedpost, but he did not reach for it. He did not need it anymore. The war was over. The fighting was done.Theron was on my right, his hand resting on my hip, his body curled around mine like a shield. His gold eyes were closed, but I could feel him watching me through the bond, always watching, always guarding, always ready. The scars on his throat were silver in the morning light, a permanent reminder of what he had survived, of what
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