~ Seraphina ~The cream-colored envelope sat on the edge of the mahogany desk, right where I had left it the night before. Inside was the transfer document—the keys to the kingdom Lucien had burned down and bought back just to lay at my feet. Yesterday, wrapped in the protective heat of his arms, I had spoken of renaming it, of building something new from the ashes.But in the cold, clear light of morning, the truth looked different.I reached out and pushed the envelope back across the polished wood. The soft slide of the paper was the loudest sound in the library."I can't take it, Lucien," I said.Lucien paused in the doorway, his coffee cup freezing halfway to his lips. He was dressed in a simple black sweater and dark trousers, but his posture immediately snapped into the rigid, alert stance of a predator whose calculations had just been thrown off."What do you mean, you can't take it?" he asked, stepping into the room. "The paperwork is finalized, Seraphina. It’s yours.""I'm r
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