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CHAPTER 399
~Zara's POV~
Snow's lips were urgent, desperate, as they moved against mine, his hands cradling my face like I was something fragile—something he couldn't bear to lose.
And for a moment, I let myself get lost in it.
The warmth of his body pressed against mine, the way his fingers trembled slightly as they held me, as if he was afraid I'd disappear.
The taste of him—familiar, intoxicating—filled my senses, pulling me into a place where there was no betrayal, no pain.
Only us.
My heart pounded, and I felt myself leaning in, letting go, wanting this. Wanting him.
But then—reality struck me like a slap to the face.
Snow had betrayed me.
Everything we were doing now, he did, and even so, with her—that witch!
And then I blinked. Witch? I had said that word as a curse but what if she was really Vera like Ella had seen and she cloaked or used disguise magic?
