[Music recommendation: Andrea Vanzo - Courage to Change]
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"Aliana."
The moment she heard her name on his lips, Aliana didn't realise when her feet began to move on their own. Her lips trembled, but no words came out. All she knew was that one moment she had been pinned against the cold wall, and the next, she was running towards him as if he were the only thing anchoring her to this world.
Without a single thought, without any restraint to stop her, she closed the distance. She crashed into him, wrapping her arms around his neck and holding onto him like a lifeline.
Gavriel, who had been consumed by anger only seconds ago, whose body burned beyond control and whose power still leaked at a dangerously high level, had not expected this.
The very woman he had saved without even lifting a finger was now clinging to him with a desperate, crushing grip.
His eyes, flickering between blue and red, widened the moment her body collided with his, and he went completely rigid.
