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Kelly's gaze was fixed on Zev, her words trapped by the weight of her emotions. Finally, she spoke, her voice breaking. "Zev... don't die."

She had nothing left-no hope, no answers,

At this point, what did anything material matter?

She couldn't bring herself to care.

She knew Zev wasn't with her for anything she could offer. He wasn't after her wealth or status.

She had known that all along, especially after five years together in Solmaris.

"Eric was right,” Kelly murmured, her voice thick with regret. "I've been awful. I betrayed you emotionally, & which is worse than anything physical. I've probably been wavering for a long time, even back in Solmaris. I just didn't want to admit it to myself."

She loathed herself for it.

Back then, she never imagined Eric would betray her.

But Zev's unwavering loyalty had done something to her. It had shaken her at her

core.

When had it all started?

Maybe it was when Zev had shielded her, taking a bullet for her. When he had fallen to the ground, blood staining the floor around him.

She hadn't gone to him. She hadn't dared.

In that horrible moment, she had felt her heart break. The pain had been so intense, she almost couldn't breathe.

She didn't want him to die.

Then, when Zev had appeared in the demolition zone, rescuing her, Kelly's emotions had overwhelmed

her.

hadn't expected him to survive,

get married. I have nothing left. I need something-desperately, urgently. I just need a place to call home, like a fish stranded on dry land. I just need

nothing, and in that moment, she meant

gone, Kelly had spiraled. She'd considered the darkest

ending it

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home. I want safety. Maybe... maybe I'm just trying

stood up abruptly, his gaze unyielding, and in one swift. movement, he pushed the table away. Without hesitation, he pulled Kelly into his arms, holding her with at strength that was

rough and low. "I'm yours, Kelly. I'll give

buried his face in her chest, holding her even tighter. The tremor in his voice was

Kelly use him, and in truth, it didn't bother

finally broke her. She collapsed into

A rush

they had spent in Solmaris had felt like a prison. She had been silenced, smothered, as if the very air

Zev's arms, she could finally

sobs filled the

her on his lap, his arms around her like a shield. He lifted her chin gently, brushing her hair away from her face, and kissed her softly and

she wanted to pull away, but because she wasn't sure how to respond. She had been with Eric for years,

and physically, and that had been enough for

until marriage to even touch

She had been wrong.

in it. "Tomorrow, let's

her mind still a

want your inheritance," Zev added, furrowing his brow. "I don't

to

lurking in the shadows, plotting to claim what

firm. "Alright. We'll both sign our wills.

and mine will be

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about it unsettled her.