Chapter 25
Bane I don’t realize my entire body has gone rigid — or that I’m currently snarling at Dimitri — until he stops speaking altogether. His rust-colored gaze flicks down to her face before dropping lower, landing on my hand that is currently clamped around her hip like I’m expecting someone to rip her out of my arms. She stirs for a moment, her shoulder tensing at the growl that vibrates through my chest and into her back. I fight against the impulse to keep her pressed against my chest, to never let her go. But I force myself to loosen my grip, letting my fingers uncurl one by one. The moment I release her, her body relaxes again, settling back into the furs, her lashes resting softly against her cheeks. Vorian has gone completely motionless inside my head now. He is so still that I wonde
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