OWNED BY THE DEVIL
His response was immediate and warm, one hand rising to cradle my jaw, touch reverent, careful, deeply present.
Not hunger. Not urgency.
Devotion.
When we parted, I didn’t step away. Neither did he. Our foreheads rested together, noses brushing lightly, the space between us now familiar territory.
“Stay with me tonight,” he said.
It wasn’t possession. It wasn’t command. It was invitation wrapped in vulnerability.
“I wasn’t planning to be anywhere else,” I whispered.
His exhale was warm against my lips. Relieved.
We moved inside slowly, hands linked, not hidden, not strategic, natural. The corridor lights dimmed automatically as we passed, the building shifting into night cycle. No alerts. No