Chapter 3: First BindingThe door opened before I finished knocking.Cassian stood there, exactly as he had in the shop, only now the candlelight from inside caught the faint crimson ring around his irises. He looked at me for a long moment at the black dress, at my bare legs, at the way I was already breathing too fast and something darkly pleased moved across his face.“You came,” he said.“I almost didn’t.”“But you did.” He stepped aside. “Come in, Mira.”The club felt different tonight. Or maybe I did. The air was warmer, heavier with the scent of wine, skin, and that low metallic note I now recognized as blood. Soft music pulsed under the conversations. Eyes followed me as Cassian guided me through the room with one hand resting lightly on the small of my back. The contact burned through the thin fabric of my dress.He didn’t take me to a private room.He led me to a low black couch in a slightly raised area where several other members could see us clearly. When he sat, he pulle
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