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CHAPTER 249
~Snow's POV~
For a moment, everything else disappeared. The pain in my body, the tension in the room, Kaid's overbearing presence—it all faded into the background.
There was only Zara, her warmth dropping on me, her presence healing a part of me that had been frayed and worn.
When we finally pulled apart, her eyes glistened, her lips parting slightly as though she wanted to say something but couldn't find the words.
"I almost lost you," I confessed.
"But you didn't," she replied softly, brushing her fingers along my jaw. "I'm here, Snow. I'm safe. Thanks to you."
"And Zade," I admitted grudgingly. "And even Kaid."
Zara smiled faintly, her gaze softening. "You're all impossible, you know that?"
I chuckled, shaking my head. "You wouldn't have us any other way."