Valerius stepped behind her, and the moment the blindfold touched her skin, it was as if the world narrowed to the thrum of her pulse. The silk slid across her forehead, tying behind her head with a delicate, final pull. Darkness enveloped her, soft and complete, heightening everything else, her hearing, her breath, the sudden rawness of her own body standing exposed to the unseen. The air moved around her. She felt him, even though he hadn’t laid a single finger on her. The weight of his gaze, if he was even looking was heavier than hands. She could feel her heart beating in her throat. Then his voice came. Low. Velvet-dark. “Breathe.” She did. “Slower.” She tried, but her chest was already rising too quickly, heat flooding her limbs like wine. “You’re not in danger,” he said, tone calm, coaxing. “You’re being studied. Heard. Worshipped. You’ve stepped out of the world… and into mine.” He moved around her, she heard nothing, but she knew. A shift in pressure, the wa
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