All Chapters of LUSTBORN: Chapter 11 - Chapter 13

Marek watched through the mirror. Elara's body tossed gently on the bed, her fingers clutching the blanket. Her brows furrowed as her lips whispered incoherent questions to the air around her. "Who's there? Who are you?" She murmured, twisting slowly to her side, her breath shallow, strained. Her room remained quiet, moonlight casting a soft glow on her twitching lashes. She had been dreaming of him again, but this time…it was deeper. Too real. She had stood in a place that didn't feel like earth, thick mist crawling through towering, deadened trees, their branches whispering secrets. The sky was starless, the ground blanketed with shadows. She had heard the hum of his voice, low and commanding, like the trees themselves were answering to it. But she never saw him. She never saw Marek. She awoke with her heart in her throat. Marek leaned back on his stone throne cloaked in a living black forest. The roots beneath him pulsed faintly, like a heartbeat connected