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THE POISON BENEATH HER PERFUME

Author: Jenifer Carson
last update Last Updated: 2025-06-18 22:42:09

CHAPTER 60

Lucian

My hand moved on its own, eager, trembling with a strange craving I had never felt before. My mouth, dry and warm, suddenly longed for something—anything—to quench a thirst I hadn’t known existed until now.

The moment the rim of the glass touched my lips, I drank like a man who had wandered for days in a sunless desert. The wine was rich—full-bodied, smooth, and expensive in a way words could never describe. It wasn’t just wine. It was like drinking velvet wrapped in flame. Before I even realized it, the glass was already half empty.

I blinked, raising it slightly to the light as if that would slow time. I wanted more, but all that remained was a final mouthful—and then, nothing. I had finished it. Drained it to the last drop.

She was still there. Elegant. The goddess in gold. Her touch had replaced the glass. Her fingers, cool and featherlight, were now stroking through my hair, and I—I leaned into her.

I didn’t want her to stop. Every stroke of her fingers pulled
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