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The Oubliette part 2

Author: ELSA RIVERS
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-10-16 17:16:01

The shimmering energy field was the only thing separating them. Kaelen could feel its hum in his teeth, a vibration that promised incineration should he take one step further. Yet, the true danger was not the field; it was the woman standing serenely on the other side. Lyra’s amethyst eyes held his, and in their depths, he saw the swirling nebula from his dream.

“The silence was a cage for us both, Warden. Shall we break it?”

Her voice in his mind was not a sound, but a sensation, a cool, intelligent touch tracing the contours of his thoughts. He had no defense against it.

“How?” The word was a dry rasp from his throat, a pathetic thing compared to the symphony in his head.

“You already are,” she replied. A ghost of a smile touched her lips, the first human expression he had seen on her. It transformed her from an icon into a woman of devastating beauty. “You crossed the threshold. You acknowledged the bloom. Your control is a suit you are already unzipping.”

She took another step clo
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