Sold to the Disfigured Billionaire
Harper whispered, leaning her head back against Sebastian’s chest, feeling the terrifying heat of his mutated skin slowly cooling down to a comforting warmth.
Sebastian gently kissed the top of her head, his glowing left eye finally returning to its normal, slate-grey hue as he pulled his energy back. "Good flying, Mrs. Sterling."
But the universe rarely allowed them a moment of peace.
[ CRITICAL WARNING. CORE DESTABILIZATION IMMINENT. ]
The massive, moon-sized terraforming engine, having lost its pilot and its guardian, began to groan. The colossal central core, glowing with concentrated, highly explosive purple plasma, suddenly flared. Without the Golden Architect to regulate the pressure,