Incubus Reborn: Sleepless promise
The kind Astra might have whispered about in mocking tones, the kind Mara’s messenger had hinted at with dangerous allure.
Saraphina swallowed hard. “No,” she whispered to herself. “I am not her puppet.”
Yet her fingers closed around the book, heavy and warm as though it pulsed with a heartbeat of its own. She pulled it free, her mind screaming at her to stop, even as her soul trembled with something perilously close to hunger.
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That night, Lucian found her sitting alone in their chamber, the book hidden beneath her cloak. His hair was damp from the cold rain outside, his jaw taut from long hours of strategy. He sank onto the edge of the bed, exhaustion etched across his face.