A Crown of Ashes
His breath was hot, too close, and her stomach flipped—heat curling tight, reckless, making her want to shove him away or pull him in, she couldn’t tell which.
“Plan?” she asked, forcing her voice steady, but it cracked, betraying her. Her fingers tightened on the poker, her other hand brushing her pocket—the vial, that damn red secret, heavy as a stone. She hated how he made her shaky, how his closeness dug up old wants—Tomas’s hands sliding slow, his mouth on her throat, the way she’d arched into it—and now Roman was here, all steel and shadow, stirring it up worse.
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