(Apollo & Adelaide)She barely had time to suck in a breath before it snapped across the curve of her ass.The impact wasn’t brutal—not the way his punishments had been. But it was sharp. A swift stripe of heat that sizzled across her skin, stinging fiercely for a heartbeat before the pain bloomed and spread, merging with the rest of the fire already licking at her.She gasped, a shocked sound, hips jerking forward.Her flame leapt in response, flaring gold under her skin. The pain lit something primal inside her—something instinctive, ancient, tied to the lineage buried in her blood. Her body recognised the ritual of it even before her mind caught up.The smoke ropes tightened, stabilising her before she could swing too wildly. The motion dragged the clamps, yanking at already-raw flesh, sending another shockwave through her chest.Her flame roared.The chamber answered—wards flickering, runes brightening, the very air around her trembling like a struck chord. Her power pulsed outwar
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