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Chapter Twenty-Three – The Aftermath

The water had gone still.

Not silent—no, the current still whispered around their bodies—but the frenzy of the river, like the frenzy inside them, had dulled to a hum.

Cass lay half-sprawled across Alder’s chest, breath ragged, skin flushed despite the cold. Their bodies still touched. Her leg slu...