{Seraphina's POV continuation.}
"How..." I muttered, my voice barely a whisper against the sudden silence of the room. "How do you know about that?"
Instinctively, I tried to pull my body backward, attempting to create distance between us as the sheer shame and vulnerability of my greatest secret threatened to crush me. But Elias noticed my sudden movement immediately. Instead of letting me retreat into my own mind, his arms tightened securely around my waist, pulling me even closer against him until there was no space left between us at all. He held me with an unyielding, protective strength, refusing to let me escape the safety of his embrace.
