(hi, for those who have unlocked the previous chapters, I changed the last few paragraphs there because some details felt off, Eris was unconscious the whole time so she wouldn't know the things that Soren did for her while she was unconscious. So yeah I changed that.) Enjoy!!!
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Soren looked at me, not through me, not past me, but at me, and seen something worth saving. Had proposed marriage in a ballroom while fire and ice danced between us, had pulled me onto his lap in Crimson Port like it was the most natural thing in the world, had been patient when I pushed him away at the military outpost even though I could see the hurt in his eyes.
Had marked my neck in that commander's office, erasing Caelen's claim with ice and intention and a possessiveness that should have terrified me but didn't.
