MARKED BY BLOODLINE
She sat up slowly, the cold stone beneath her a harsh contrast to the fire raging within her veins.
“Awake at last,” came a voice, smooth and deep.
Lucian stepped from the shadows, dressed in black as always, but this time his coat was undone, revealing the crimson mark that pulsed across his chest—similar to the one now etched into Evelyn’s skin.
“You marked me,” she said, her voice hoarse. “What have you done?”
“I saved you.”
“No. You changed me.”
Lucian didn’t flinch. He walked toward her slowly, his boots echoing in the silence. “You were dying, Evelyn. The curse was already awakening in your bloodline. If I hadn’t claimed you, it would have destroyed you.”
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