Se connecterDamon gestured toward the small table near the window, where a neatly packed container sat. I hadn’t even noticed it before.“I brought you lunch,” he said, like it was the most natural thing in the world.I blinked at him. “You… what?”“You skipped breakfast,” he continued, his tone matter-of-fact.
Aria’s POVIt started small, so small that at first, I convinced myself I was imagining it.Damon had always come into the archives occasionally, but now it was different. It wasn’t just work anymore. He lingered. He found reasons to stay longer than necessary, standing too close, watching too close
I blinked.“What?”“Two mates,” she said, the words quieter now, but there was an edge to them. “It’s not common, but it’s not impossible either.”I stared at her, my mind trying and failing to process that. “That’s…” I let out a short, disbelieving laugh, shaking my head. “That’s ridiculous.”“Is i
Aria’s POVThe first thing I noticed when I woke up was the quiet, but it wasn’t peaceful, it was the kind of quiet that pressed in from all sides, heavy and expectant.I stared at the ceiling for a long moment, my body stiff, my mind slower than usual as I tried to piece together how I had gotten h
Damon’s POVAria’s scream didn’t leave my head even after her body went limp, even after the sound cut off abruptly, like something inside her had simply given out.One second she was gripping the sheets, fighting through the pain, and the next… nothing.Her head rolled to the side, her body going s
Aria’s POVLyra didn’t stop.Even with the way Damon’s anger filled the room, sharp, suffocating, and impossible to ignore, she pressed forward like she didn’t recognize danger when it stood right in front of her.Or worse… like she thought she could win against it.I lay there, barely able to keep







