CHAPTER NINETYThe knock came just after midnight.I was not asleep. I had not been anywhere close to sleep. I was just lying there in the dark, staring up at the shadowed ceiling of the guest room, listening to the heavy, suffocating silence of a house that had finally gone quiet.The knock was soft. Unhurried. Three quiet, deliberate taps against the wood.My heart did a sudden, violent flip against my ribs. I already knew exactly who it was before I could even find my voice."Come in," I whispered into the dark.The doorknob turned, and the door opened with a faint creak. Seraphina stepped inside.She had completely changed from earlier, no longer wearing the sharp, severe business clothes she had donned to ruthlessly deal with my uncle.Now, she was wearing something far simpler. Silk. Deep midnight black. The fabric clung to her curves, and her long hair was loose, cascading around her shoulders in dark waves.She closed the door behind her with a soft click. She didn't turn on t
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