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Chapter 36 - warnings

Alaric's POV

Enzo's soft breathing had deepened, slipping into that calm rhythm that only came when he was finally asleep slow inhales, slower exhales, the kind of sound that could've lulled a demon to rest. I watched his chest rise and fall beneath the sheet, his lashes casting faint shadows on his cheeks, lips slightly parted against the pillow. Peaceful. Vulnerable. Mine.

I didn't move.

For a long while, I just stayed there beside him, arm draped loosely over his waist. His body was warm against mine, grounding me in a way I didn't know I needed. The urge to protect him wasn't new it had always burned inside me but in that moment, it grew teeth.

Because I hadn't come this far to lie in a warm bed and pretend that everything was fine.

Not when the outside world was tearing his name to shreds.

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