Chapter 2: The Taste of Ashes Scarlett 's POV I had always feared my step-brother. Everyone did and over the years, even father. And how could we not? Christian exuded the deadliest aura. Each night I sat at the dinning table, pretending to read while waiting for him to return from the ‘business errands’, father had sent him on. He strode in with a fierce, dark look in his eyes, blood dripping down his neck or arms, never sparing me a single glance. Yet, as much as I feared him, the danger around him only made my forbidden obsession grow. But standing in front of him tonight, I knew that I wasn't just risking my life being in this danger but I was embracing it, choosing it. "You think you're not him?" Christian’s voice was low, as he slowly stood up. He loomed over me. He was all muscle, ink, and raw malice. I twisted the straps of my robe, my legs shaking. "You breathe his air, Scarlett. You spend his money. You sleep safely under his roof while I burn." His words pie
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