"Ah….."
With a slight shift, Irina tilted her head upward, her curiosity pushing her to confirm the faint hint of a smile she thought she'd heard in his tone. Her heart raced as she looked up, fully expecting the familiar, calm expression she'd come to know so well.
But the moment her eyes met his face, her breath caught, a split second of shock rippling through her.
The face before her… it was still Astron, undeniably him, but somehow, subtly, everything about him had sharpened, deepened.
His purple eyes, once enigmatic, had grown impossibly alluring, their depths pulling her in with an intensity that made her pulse quicken.
His nose, now more refined, angled perfectly in a way that suited his features. His cheekbones were more pronounced, his eyelashes longer and darker, framing his eyes with an almost mesmerizing effect.
His lips… slightly fuller, with an edge of softness that made her stomach twist.
