Chapter 29 Unspoken Bond

• The night felt different now. The air was still, almost suffocating in its silence. Amara couldn't shake the feeling that everything had shifted—something had changed between her and Damian. It wasn’t just the mission, or the close call with their pursuers; it was the way they moved now, side by side, with an unspoken understanding. A bond that hadn’t existed before. One forged in the heat of danger and the rawness of trust. It was something deeper than mere survival.
• Amara glanced at him from the corner of her eye, watching as he moved with quiet precision. His every step was measured, his gaze sharp, scanning the shadows for any sign of danger. Damian was always like this—focused, unwavering—but tonight, there was something different in the way he carried himself. The walls around him, the ones he had so carefully constructed over the years, seemed a little thinner. A little more fragile.
• His gaze flicked over to her, meeting her eyes for a brief moment. Amara felt something stir inside her, a shift she couldn’t quite place. It was dangerous, this thing between them. Too many emotions, too many unspoken words. They were both masters of hiding their feelings, of pushing everything down to focus on the mission. But sometimes, Amara wondered if it was getting harder to keep those walls intact.