Ruelle“Your… mate?”Elder Felix stumbled over the word, as if it had become too large to fit inside his mouth. His eyes moved from Pierce to me and back again, searching for some explanation that would make the scene before him easier to understand.No one spoke.The music continued somewhere behind us, though the melody had become distant beneath the sudden silence that spread through the ballroom. The chandeliers burned overhead, scattering gold across the masks and polished floors, while every person within hearing distance turned toward us.I felt their attention settle over my skin.Some stared at my face, trying to identify me behind the silver mask. Others looked at my hand, still resting on Pierce’s arm, or at the way his fingers covered mine as though he had no intention of letting me go.I pressed my palm more firmly against his.His thumb moved over the back of my hand, a slow, steady stroke that only he could feel.“Pierce,” I whispered, though I wasn’t sure whether I mea
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