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The air was thick, charged with something indescribable. Olivia stood in the middle of a moonlit forest, the ground soft beneath her bare feet. A cool breeze whispered against her skin, but she wasn’t cold. No—there was heat, deep and consuming, curling low in her stomach.
And then, she felt him.
Before she could turn, strong hands gripped her waist from behind, pulling her back against a firm, muscular chest. A shiver ran through her as warm breath ghosted over the shell of her ear.
“You’ve been avoiding me, Olivia,” Liam’s voice was a low growl, sending a delicious tremor down her spine.
“I—” Her words died as his fingers traced slow, deliberate circles along her hip.
“You don’t have to run anymore.”
She turned in his arms, her breath hitching when she met his gaze—dark, hungr
