Now it gets dangerous đźâđ„
No more buildupâthis chapter is where control starts breaking for real.
The distance between them was small.
Too small.
Nyxara could feel it.
That pull.
It wasn't subtle anymore.
It wasn't distant.
It was immediate.
Violent.
Like something deep inside her had locked onto Cassian and refused to let go.
Her breath came slower now.
Measured.
Controlled.
But her body
Wasn't listening.
"Don't come closer," she said again.
But this time
There was no force behind it.
No command.
Just⊠resistance.
Cassian noticed.
Of course he did.
His gaze remained fixed on her, calm, unreadable but sharper now. More aware.
"I already stopped," he said quietly.
Nyxara clenched her jaw.
Because he was right.
He hadn't moved.
Not physically.
And yet
The distance between them felt like it was shrinking anyway.
The void itself seemed to bend inward, compressing space around them like it wanted them closer.
Like it needed it.
Nyxara took a step back.
