A sharp gasp tore through the silence, and I froze, helpless, as Caius’s teeth sank deep into my neck. As the pain erupted, a fierce white-hot flame, but beneath it, a wild heat spread, fierce and alive, pulsing with the raw, primal power of his blood. My body arched against him, not fighting, but releasing a cry that ripped out of me, half terror, half a dark, urgent hunger. He was marking me, claiming me again, twisting every inch of me into something new. I was no longer just myself. I was his.Caius held me tight, one hand tangled in my hair like iron, the other moving with slow, deliberate cruelty. I could feel the searing burn beneath my skin, the magic slicing through me, stripping away every trace of who I had been. Colors warped and spun behind my eyes, red, black, and fire bleeding into one another like a shattered mirror.Then Kieran’s roar erupted—a guttural, raw sound ripped from his throat, full of rage and desperation. He was on us in a heartbeat, a storm of motion, but
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