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Adeline stumbles out of the bathroom in a daze, her hair dripping, her skin tingling where Cassian's hands had been. The air outside is too cold, or maybe it's her head that's on fire. Every breath feels heavier than the last one, as if the walls themselves inhale with her.

Cassian had left her in the midst of the excitement, stepping back without a word — that look that says more than anything he could ever say. It makes her more lost than she has ever been.

She sits on the ...