A Contract With My Demon
To Elara, he was the man currently pouring two fingers of amber bourbon while staring at a map that shouldn't exist.
"The Eighth Circle isn't a place, Elara. It’s a secret," Vane said, his voice smooth as silk but edged with a tension that hadn't left him since the bridge. He was back in his human element—a charcoal three-piece suit, cufflinks made of frozen starlight, and a gaze that could wither a CEO's heart.
Elara stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, watching Mia play with a handheld game on the velvet sofa. Her sister was safe, her memories intact, but there was a quietness to her now—a shadow that no amount of sunlight could fully bleach away.