Touch me tender, Break me wild: A Steamy Compilation
Tonight, he'd drink death from his own chalice.
I slipped back during the elevation, my habit whispering against the stone floor. No one noticed; the sisters droned their responses, eyes down. The sacristy door creaked soft behind me. There it was—the chalice, gleaming silver on the side table, wine already poured deep red like blood. My fingers trembled as I uncorked the tiny vial from my sleeve. Star-poison, distilled from comet tails, burned my nostrils even sealed. One drop, and his insides would melt, cosmic fire eating him from within.