Chapter 48: Hiding Something
(Amelia's POV)
The narrow cavern air was cool, yet I felt a warm heat prickling across my skin. It wasn’t the environment that was doing it. It was him.
Alexander moved with such ease, his large frame gliding through the tight walls as though the space had been made just for him. Meanwhile, I tried to maneuver like normal, but my every motion seemed awkward, every step hesitantly placed to avoid bumping into him.
“You keep hugging the wall, little healer,” he observed casually. His voice carried amusement, a soft echo bouncing around the cavern.
“I just don’t want to trip,” I replied quickly, though even I could hear the shakiness in my tone.
He chuckled low, a deep, rumbling sound that made the hairs on the back of my neck rise. “If you don’t stop
