SERENA.Serena barely slept, not because of the memory, not because of Adrian Vale, not even because of the strange seal that had appeared first in her mother’s house and then, years later, in Silvercrest.It was Damian.Every time she closed her eyes, she remembered the quiet certainty in his voice when he had told her that she owed him nothing.She remembered the way he had looked at her after their first kiss, not triumphant, not possessive, not as though he had won something, as though he was still waiting for her to decide what came next.That was the part she could not stop thinking about.He always waited, for permission, for trust, for her to choose, and somehow, instead of making her feel less wanted, it had made her more aware of how much she wanted him.Serena turned onto her side and stared at the darkness that filled her room. She wanted him, and that realization frightened her, not because Damian frightened her but because wanting someone had once meant losing herself.A
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