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Chapters
Chapter 1: The Wrong Beer
Chapter 2: Echoes in Static and Blood
Chapter 3: The Breaking Point
Chapter 4: Sanctuary's Sharp Edges
Chapter 5: Rusted Bars
Chapter 6: The Hand in the Dark
Chapter 7: The Storm Finds Its Calm
Chapter 8: The Giant at the Door
Chapter 9: Sparks and Promises
Chapter 10: Rumbling stomach
Chapter 11: Broken Gold
Chapter 12: Echoes and Absence
Chapter 13: Cherry Bombs and Tripping Wires
Chapter 14: Held and Unlocked
Chapter 15: Tending flames
Chapter 16: Whispers and warnings
Chapter 17: The impulse of trust
Chapter 18: Curious thoughts
Chapter 19: Whispers in the dark
Chapter 20: Golden eyes in the dark
Chapter 21: The thorn and the touch
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Chapter 18: Curious thoughts
Sunlight, harsh and accusing, streamed through the gap in my curtains. I squeezed my eyes shut, burying my face in the pillow. Not because of the light, but because of the memory burning behind my eyelids: the rough scrape of Xavier’s stubble against my lips, the fleeting warmth of his skin, the...