Locked in the Devil's Deal
With a voice like a sword on silk, he said, "Not this time."
The room was filled with gasps, but nobody intervened to stop him. As though they had witnessed this event before. As though they, too, were anticipating its conclusion.
His hand pressed against the small of her back as he drew her near. When the music started up again, the rhythm had changed; it was sharper, faster, and there was a hammering heartbeat between them.
The dance turned into a test.
In an unconscious conflict between what was and what could be, their bodies moved in perfect unison. "You remember, don't you?" he whispered as his fingers grew tighter around hers and his breath blew across her cheek.
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