Vera's POV
I got completely lost in his eyes.
They were the kind of blue that made you forget where you were—deep, steady, and impossible to look away from. For a moment, everything else disappeared. The trees, the sound of the waterfall, even the cool breeze brushing against my skin—it all faded.
“You should watch your step, Luna,” he said, his voice smooth like velvet, calm and kind but with a strength behind it.
I was still in his arms, too stunned to say anything. My heart thumped wildly in my chest, and I didn’t know if it was from the near fall… or from him.
Then I heard Rina calling my name from behind. That was enough to snap me back to reality.
He gently lifted me onto my feet, his hands steadying me for a moment longer than necessary.
“Be careful,” he said, then turned and
