The room was steeped in a profound silence, but it was far from empty. This was the kind of silence that felt inherently safe, as if the entire world had momentarily paused, holding its breath just to cradle the three of them in this fragile, perfect moment.
Lyra lay sprawled between the twins, her body soft and utterly boneless from the waves of release that had coursed through her. Her cheek was pressed flush against Kyson’s bare chest, rising and falling with his steady breaths.
His large hand moved in lazy, comforting circles along her back, his fingers tracing the delicate curve of her spine, a possessive yet tender touch. On her other side, Xander lay with one long leg intimately tangled around hers, his lips pressed gently to the top of her head as he exhaled deeply, a soft, cont
