The Blood Sovereign's Omega (MM Romance)
"And I don't fear your blade. I spent forty years in this dark. The Council put me here because I kept the ledgers."
I stepped forward, the hoodie I wore feeling heavy and damp.
I pulled the fabric back from my wrist, showing the black geometric lines burned into my skin.
The mark pulsed with a white heat, answering the ancient stone beneath our feet.
"What ledgers?" I asked.
Malakor's laugh was dry and hollow.
He leaned forward, sniffing the air, his eyes widening.
"The lilies," the old man whispered.
"Fifty years, and the scent is still the same. You smell like the ones in the glass tanks, boy."