EveHe’s been watching me since we returned from the tower, his stormy gaze unreadable. He hasn't touched me, hasn't demanded anything. He just observes, letting the anticipation coil tighter and tighter in my belly. The air crackles with unspoken promises, with the knowledge that the ‘reward’ he mentioned is inevitable. My body, already humming from the residual tension of the loyalty test, aches with a familiar, demanding need.Finally, he rises from the armchair where he’s been nursing a scotch. He sets the crystal tumbler down with a soft click and walks toward me. My pulse leaps, a frantic bird against my ribs.“Come here, Eve,” he says, his voice a low, intimate command.I obey, rising on unsteady legs, the silk robe I changed into whispering around my ankles. I stop in front of him, forcing myself to meet his gaze.His eyes roam over me, a slow, deliberate assessment that feels like a physical touch. “You impressed me today,” he murmurs, his hand coming up to trace the line o
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