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"Master Valex..." Odesse whispered, her voice barely steady. Her eyes widened as she stared down at him. "You’re awake," she said, still frozen, still caught in his gaze.
He looked up at her, his voice low and soft. "Don’t go." His eyes burned with something she couldn’t name, not command, not danger, but yearning. "One more," he said, his tone a plea rather than an order.
Odesse hesitated, her heart hammering in her chest. Then, almost without thinking, she smiled faintly and brushed his hair back from his face. The warmth between them deepened, and she leaned in.
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