True Bond Ch1 Part 5 Cloudlet Hot Guide

The joke landed somewhere between threat and tenderness. Mira accepted the cigarette, not because she wanted nicotine—she didn’t—but because she needed the ritual of it, the tiny tether to normality. She breathed in; smoke filled her lungs like a small lie. Outside, someone laughed—low, male—and the sound ricocheted against the alley. Jalen stiffened.

I’m still fanning myself.