Chapter 281

Chapter 281

He took another step, so close how I could feel the heat of him wrapping around

me.

"So no, Kasmine. I can't let you go. I won't let you go. You're not just someone I love. You're the only part of me that's still alive."

His forehead dropped to mine again, his body trembling with everything he wasn't saying.

"You're home." he breathed.

"You're it for me, little sister."

I didn't know who moved first. Maybe it was me. Or maybe it was him. Maybe it was the force of all the shattered pieces between us finally giving way.

But the next thing I knew, I was in his arms with his trembling hand wrapped around my back while the other held me by my waist.

His breath was harsh against my temple.

And then... he broke.

"Kasmine..." he rasped, his voice splintering. "If I lose you..."

He pulled back just enough to look at me, and what I saw in his eyes almost dropped me to my knees.

Raw devastation.

No walls..

No armor.

stripped down to

lose you..." he said again, choking on the words, "I won't

caved in. I couldn't breathe past the

survived losing my mother," he whispered hoarsely, "but it turned me into something else. Something colder and harder. It broke

my face like he was afraid

his head, voice cracking wide open, "you didn't just fill the spaces she left behind - you built new ones. You made me believe I

tear slid down his face.

you, Kasmine..." His voice dropped to a shattered whisper, There won't be anything left of me worth saving." Another tear. Then another. "I'll still be breathing," he said, "but I won't

his hands, his thumbs trembling

ever remember... You're the only thing in this whole damn world that ever felt like home, Like peace.

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Chapter 281

through the blur of my

resting against mine again, his entire body shaking from the intensity of everything he was carrying.

I could think, before

It was soft.

Broken.

Shattering.

scared. I'm yours, even if

to me like I was life itself.

- just a moment I let him kiss me. I let him pour all the

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