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“Here,” I told her. “Put this on.”
“Why?”
“I have to get you out of here. Guards, or worse, will swarm the area before long.”
She slipped the coat on.
I extended a hand toward her.
She appraised it, and I wasn’t sure if she would take it.
Looking into her eyes, I saw a reflection of my own tumultuous emotions.
The connection between us was undeniable.
We were two souls brought together by fate and circumstance.
And as the universe outside continued its eternal dance, inside this cold prison cell, a new story was beginning.
But could she be made to understand?
3
NOVA
The aftermath of the fight left an eerie silence.
Sneik’s unconscious form lay sprawled, and Ashale stood over him, panting, the spice of blood and sweat in the air.
The metallic tang left a slight aftertaste in my mouth, and my skin prickled with the remnants of adrenaline.
When Ashale extended Sneik’s coat to me, his fingers were steady, but my world was still spinning, and I couldn’t trust myself to reach out.
I stared at his outstretched hand, unable to move.
Memories of my recent ordeal left me paralyzed.
When I didn’t take his hand, Ashale did something unexpected.
He began to unbutton his shirt.
My heart raced again, panic surging.
Was this his plan all along?
Was he just another monster, different from Sneik but a monster nonetheless?
But as he revealed his bare chest, it wasn’t raw desire I saw in his eyes.
Instead, there was an earnestness, a vulnerability even.
My gaze followed his fingers as they traced a familiar shape on his skin, a tattoo.
It was a bird, nearly identical to the one inked on my own body.
The recognition hit me like a tidal wave, the essence of the ink, that fresh grassy smell, bringing a flood of memories.
His bird was a mirror image of mine, eyes closed, leaning in the opposite direction.
