DANGEROUS LOVE
* "I will take him back — no matter what. And remind him his fucking place."
The line went dead. Somewhere on the other end, a man stood frozen, still trembling, wondering — not for the first time — how much longer he'd survive serving someone who spoke about destruction the way other men spoke about the weather.
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Miles away, in a house glowing warm with lamplight and full of voices that didn't yet know what had just been set into motion, Lance went still.
It happened mid-sentence — something Adira had said, some warm, teasing thing about family dinners, and then the words simply stopped reaching him. His eyes went distant, unfocused, fixed on nothing at all, as though some cold current h