Chapter 167: Silver Fever
(Grace’s POV)
I floated between the edges of wakefulness and sleep, lost in a fog of exhaustion. My body ached as heat radiated through me. The fever’s grip was merciless, pulling at every ounce of energy I had left.
Alexander’s scent wrapped around me, grounding and disorienting all at once. Entwined with the faint musk of his territory-marked essence was the crisp woodsy note that always felt too familiar, too consuming. His arms were beneath me, steady and unyielding. The impropriety of it all gnawed at the back of my mind, but I didn’t trust my strength to resist.
Tears welled unexpectedly, threatening to spill. Weakness clawed at my pride—the fever amplifying the dull ache in my heart. My resolve was thin, and his dominant presence weighed heavier tha
