Irina
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The darkness pulsed around me as I clawed my way to consciousness, disoriented and confused. My limbs felt heavy, weighed down by an unfamiliar lethargy. Where was I? The last thing I remembered was...
I blinked, trying to piece together fragmented memories. The usual knot of anxiety in my chest was strangely absent, replaced by an alien sense of calm. It unsettled me more than any nightmare.
A warm weight pressed against my back, solid and real. Muscular arms encircled me, holding me close. I froze, hardly daring to breathe.
The gentle rise and fall of a broad chest behind me. The whisper of breath against my neck.
It couldn't be.
"Noah?" I whispered, my voice cracking.
No response but the steady rhythm of his breathing. Was this another cruel trick of my mind? Ano
