The room felt smaller now, the air thick with things left unsaid. I swallowed, trying to steady the tremor in my chest. His eyes didn't waver from mine, and somehow that made it worse.
"I don't even know if I can do this," I admitted, my voice barely more than a breath.
He stepped closer, the faint scent of his cologne curling around me like smoke. "You don't have to decide now," he said, each word deliberate, low, and almost dangerous. "Just… survive today. That's enough."
I wanted to believe him. I wanted to trust that the man in front of me, the one who had pulled me into this impossible mess….wasn't hiding a blade behind that calm mask. But trust had a way of killing people in our world, and I had a very short memory for mistakes.
He reached for my hand, the gesture simple, human, and entirely reckless in its implication. My fingers trembled as they brushed against his.
"Don't," I warned, though my heart betrayed me, racing anyway.
"Don't what?" His lips curved into that small, infuriating half-smile of his.
"Don't make me feel like this," I whispered.
"I already have," he murmured, his eyes flicking to my lips for a heartbeat too long. Then, just as suddenly, he stepped back, the spell broken.
The war hadn't started yet—but we were already at its edge, teetering on something neither of us could control. And for the first time, I understood exactly what he meant when he said I was part of it. There was no undoing this.
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