LOVE ME LIKE A CURSE
Desire is not new territory—it’s a landscape I know well enough to navigate without losing myself in it.
which is why this makes no sense.
If this were simple lust, I would recognize it immediately. Lust has a signature. It announces itself with urgency, with heat, with a clarity that borders on arrogance. It doesn’t ask questions. It doesn’t linger after the fact. It doesn’t destabilize you—it satisfies, then moves on.
Duvesa had been like that.
The thought surface, sharp and specific.
Duvesa . Efficient. Stunning. Controlled in all the ways that mattered. She had understood me from the start—or at least, she had understood how to move within my orbit without demanding more than I was willi