The city slept, oblivious to the storm brewing above it. From the penthouse, the lights of downtown flickered like distant stars, indifferent to the chaos that had consumed my life. I had spent months building an empire—careful, calculated, precise—but desire had crept in like smoke, slowly consuming the foundations I had laid. And tonight, there would be no smoke. There would be fire.Selene’s presence was everywhere before she even entered. I felt it in the weight of the air, in the tension in my muscles, in the relentless beating of my heart. When she finally appeared in the doorway, her silhouette framed by the golden light of the city, I realized that no preparation, no calculation, could have readied me for this moment.“You knew this was coming,” she said softly, stepping into the room with a grace that belied the danger she carried. Her eyes held amusement, desire, and a dangerous knowledge. She had orchestrated this moment, I knew it, and yet I could not hate her for it. I wa
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