Chapter 13 Colliding Fires

Ivan's POV

The silence between us was thick enough to choke on.

I stood outside the door, my fists clenched at my sides, breathing hard like I'd just survived a war.

Maybe I had.

A war I started.

A war I had no idea how to win.

I could still feel her.

The softness of her skin.

The way she had trusted me enough to fall asleep in my arms.

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