Waking up to my sin
He was whispering something into the shell of her ear, and she was tilting her head back, exposing the long, pale line of her throat as she laughed—a deep, throaty sound that echoed off the gilded ceiling.
It wasn't the laughter of a sister. It was the dark, conspiratorial laughter of a lover.
I felt a sudden, visceral surge of disgust, followed by a blinding flash of a memory—a different kind of love, something pure, fierce, and exclusive—slamming into the back of my mind like a physical blow. I pushed the door open fully, the heavy wood groaning on its hinges like a living thing.
They both froze. Silas didn't pull his hand away immediately; he let it linger for a calculated, defiant sec