Chapter 29
Aurora POV The air between us had shifted, growing thick with a tension that had nothing to do with the war outside and everything to do with the man walking beside me. As we pushed deeper into the rugged terrain, I found myself becoming increasingly comfortable with Adam—not just as a protector, but as something else entirely. The fear that had once sharpened my every move was being replaced by a slow, burning heat that I couldn't ignore. I was starting to develop feelings for him—romantic, physical feelings that made my heart race for all the wrong reasons. It was in the way he helped me without being asked, his instincts so perfectly tuned to mine that he seemed to know I was stumbling before I even felt my foot slip. He’d reach out to steady me over a limestone ridge, his large, war
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