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Lorsque Mathias, un homme ambitieux et impitoyable, apprend que sa promotion dépend du bon vouloir de son patron, il fait un choix radical. Il demande à sa femme, Iris, de séduire cet homme puissant, de s'offrir à lui comme un cadeau. Ce n’est pas un ordre, mais une supplique perverse, voilée de désir et de culpabilité. Iris, d’abord choquée, hésite. Mais quelque chose dans la détresse contenue de Mathias, dans sa jalousie mêlée d’excitation, la trouble. Peu à peu, elle accepte l’idée, attirée par l’interdit, éveillée par la possibilité de se perdre entre deux dominations : celle de son mari et celle de l’homme qu’il lui livre. Commence alors un jeu de pouvoir et de plaisir, où chaque regard, chaque ordre et chaque soupir tisse un lien brûlant. Le patron, maître du jeu, explore les limites d’Iris avec une maîtrise glaciale. Et Mathias, voyeur silencieux, sombre dans un abîme où l’amour se confond avec la possession, le sacrifice avec le fantasme. Mais jusqu'où peut-on aller pour réussir ? Et que devient un couple lorsqu'on confond passion et offrande ? Entre luxure et manipulation, Offrande est un récit érotique intense, où le plaisir n’est jamais innocent, et où chaque choix laisse une cicatrice invisible.

Shantali Mae Cross, a security guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Ancient Arts, encounters an impossible phenomenon during her night shift—smoke from the heating vents coalesces into the form of a cobra near ancient Egyptian canopic jars, showing her visions of possible futures. She sees herself accepting a promotion, arguing with a dark-haired man in a hospital, wearing a wedding dress, and standing at a graveside in autumn. Shaken by the experience, Shantali becomes obsessed with understanding what she witnessed, diving into research about serpent smoke divination practices. Her investigation reveals that others throughout history have experienced similar visions at crucial crossroads in their lives, but those who became consumed with interpreting and controlling their prophetic glimpses inevitably destroyed the very relationships and opportunities the visions had shown them. As Shantali spirals deeper into her research, she begins shutting out her boyfriend David, a fellow security guard who loves her deeply. When David witnesses the cobra phenomenon himself, he helps ground her in reality rather than obsession. Through her studies, particularly the warnings left by Dr. Amelia Thorne—a researcher who died alone after chasing similar mysteries—Shantali realizes the cobra's true message: choose love over fear, presence over obsession. The visions weren't warnings of tragedy but glimpses of a life fully lived with all its ordinary struggles and profound connections. When David proposes, Shantali chooses their real relationship over her pursuit of supernatural answers. She completes her research by writing a fictional novel about her experience, transforming obsession into art while helping future cobra witnesses understand that some mysteries are meant to guide rather than be solved. The story explores themes of choice versus destiny, the danger of sacrificing present love for future certainty, and the wisdom of embracing life's uncertainties alongside those who love us.