Chapter 50
Col stirred, his eyelids fluttering open as the soft light of fire dancing across the room. He turned his head, his gaze landing on Shae, still sleeping soundly beside him. A wave of warmth washed over him, a sense of quiet contentment that she hadn't slipped away in the night. He studied her, his eyes tracing the delicate lines of her face, committing every detail to memory. Her dark lashes rested against her sunkissed cheeks, the slightly dusting of freckles over the bridge of her button nose, her plum full lips slightly parted in a peaceful slumber. One arm was stretched above her head, the other resting lightly on her stomach. His gaze drifted down her neck tracing the smooth lines and watching the slight pulse under her skin, tracing the graceful curve of her collarbone, then lower,
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