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Chapter 64 – The Fire Beneath the Frost

Penulis: Tiffanie Campbell
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-01-18 12:36:50

Ash

She was asleep.

Not the guarded rest of someone pretending—no, I’ve seen enough of those in my long, ruinous life. This was the kind of sleep that only comes when the body gives out before the mind does. Deep. Unguarded. Mortal.

She’d curled up like a lamb—knees drawn in, hands tucked under her cheek, breath soft as ash drifting in a hearth. Her white hair spilled around her like spilled moonlight, and gods, the irony of that wasn’t lost on me. The little moon. A sleeping sun disguised in silver.

I watched her.

And didn’t even pretend not to enjoy it.

She’d refused to let me lie beside her. Smart, perhaps. But shortsighted. I wasn’t trying to seduce her—then. I genuinely run hot. Threshold realms tend to leech the warmth from your bones. But no, she gave me that look. That mortal look that said, I don’t trust you.

Good.

She shouldn’t.

Not yet.

But one day? She will. She’ll trust me enough to bleed power in my hands, not even realizing I’ll be worshiping her while she does.

Because
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