Chapter 47 — In The Darkness

Allegra

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"Consummate our marriage," I stated, not knowing what I had gotten myself into.

Now I completely had his attention. Something shifted in his expression, the dark amusement that was there a few moments ago wasn't there anymore. It got replaced by something vicious, something raw. As if his self-control was hanging by a thread.

"Don't say things you don't fucking mean, Allegra..." he whispered.

"I have never once backed down from anything I have said..." I responded.

The air crackled with dark energy, and I couldn't decide if I was completely consumed by desperation or if I was just daring the universe to throw whatever it had at me. Perhaps it was the thrill of the unknown or my subconscious desire for danger, but I knew there was no turning back now.

As he turned around to face me, his eyes locked onto mine. With a sense of nonchalance, he casually slipped his hands into his pockets, revealing a tantalizing glimmer of the chain he wore around his neck. His shirt