Lucan sat alone in the dark, watching Adeline as she slept peacefully in his bed, his eyes fixed on her. Her eyes were closed so peacefully, her breaths slow, her lips slightly parted. She was lying on the side that faced him, her hair sprawled all over his sheets, her essence filling the entire chamber.
His lips still burned with the kiss, and his heart had still not found a sense of calm. He wondered how she could sleep like that when he could barely even think. How she could be so calm when his emotions were a mess at his feet.
He took in a deep breath and drew a little closer, then leaned closer, like the answers were engraved in a part of her face where he just had to look well enough.
He bit down on his lips and leaned even closer, his hand gently coming to rest on the edge of her foreh……
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