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​Episode 11: The Luna's Shadow

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​The heavy click of the door lock behind her wasn't a shock anymore; it was an expectation.

​Clara stood in the center of the bedroom, her eyes fixed on the entrance as the heavy oak door swung open. Torin stepped inside, his commanding presence instantly shrinking the massive room. The pristine lines of his black suit were unbroken, but the oppressive, heavy scent of cedarwood, raw ozone, and fresh blood clung to him like a dark cloak. The liquid silver in his eyes was still swirling, a visible manifestation of the absolute authority he had just wielded down in the courtyard.

​He didn't speak. He simply closed the distance between them with slow, measured strides, his gaze locking onto hers with a fierce, unyielding intensity.

​"You watched," Torin murmured, stopping so close that his broad chest nearly brushed her nose. He reached out, his large, warm hand sliding up her neck to cup her jaw, his thumb smoothing over her lower lip in that maddeningly familiar, possessive gesture.

​"I couldn't look away," Clara admitted, her voice steady despite the frantic racing of her pulse. She leaned slightly into his palm, her body betraying her mind's warning. "You broke him without a second thought. Is that what happens to anyone who crosses you?"

​"That is what happens to anyone who threatens what is mine," Torin growled softly, his thumb pressing a fraction harder against her lip, tilting her face up. "Marcus didn't just leak perimeter codes; he compromised your safety. He allowed a filthy rogue to put his hands on you. In the Lycan world, an attack on an Alpha's fated mate is an act of war. My pack needed to see the price of that transgression."

​Mate. The word hung in the air, heavy and undeniable. Clara looked into the churning silver of his eyes, searching for the ruthless mafia boss, but finding only a fiercely protective predator.

​"The pack looked at me like I was an omen, Torin," she whispered, her hands instinctively rising to rest against his lapels, feeling the hard, unyielding muscle beneath the expensive fabric. "They don't see a queen. They see a human weakness that almost got their borders breached."

​Torin let out a low, vibrating rumble that shook against her palms. He slid his hand from her jaw down to the small of her back, his long fingers digging firmly through her sweater, pulling her flush against his hard thighs.

​"Then I will teach them to fear the weakness," he whispered, his head lowering until his lips brushed against her ear, his hot breath making her shiver violently. "They will learn that my obsession with you doesn't make me weak—it makes me lethal. You are the Luna's shadow in this house, Clara. Safe under my wings, and entirely untouchable."

​He shifted his mouth to her neck, pressing a deep, burning kiss against her collarbone, marking her skin with a fierce, breathless passion that made her knees go weak. Clara gripped his shoulders, her fingers bunching the fabric of his suit as she let out a soft, helpless sigh, completely surrendering to the dark luxury of his embrace. The empire outside could burn, but inside his arms, the ruin felt absolute.

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