Deep Inside
Trigger Warnings: Explicit sexual content, dark themes, morally grey male lead, dominance/submission elements.
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The first time Janine Turner met Ciro Hitchdulf, the fire nearly swallowed her whole.
It was at the dusk-market in Ruellan, the city where dusk lasted hours longer than dawn and the shadows seemed to whisper your name. Janine, a displaced fire-witch hiding under the veil of a common apothecary, was bartering for moon-pepper root when the crowd shifted. Energy cracked in the air, thick and heavy, like a storm gathering too close to the skin.