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CHAPTER 48
~Spring's POV~
"I'm sorry for all my wrongs. Please… forgive me."
For a moment, I didn't breathe. Just… stayed still. Listening. Feeling.
His words were like fragile glass, and all I could do was lie there… listening to the storm of my heartbeat as memories, longing, and confusion swirled inside me like a tide I didn't know how to fight anymore.
Eryx's arms around me weren't tight, but they made it hard to move. Not physically—emotionally.
And that scared me more.
"I'm…" I hesitated. "I'm not angry again, Eryx."
"Lies, my Jewel, I know when you lie, remember. I know how our heartbeat becomes irregular from slow three beats to four fast beats, and you try to regulate it again and…"
"Your point exactly?" I cut in, angry that he knew Spring's body too well.
"...is that you are angry, Spring."
"Yes, because you all were dicks," I blurted out before I could stop myself or control my anger.
