MY CRUEL PROTECTOR
G.V.STELLARISsilent horror chapter 253when a man goes silentdevil whispered in my earsilence in the library
"You're changing, Ruby. The girl who entered my manor wouldn't recognize the woman standing here."
"The girl in the manor was a lie," I replied, my hands tangling in his shirt. "This... this is the truth. Broken, dangerous, and yours."
Nevan kissed me—a hard, brief seal of our pact. The war was coming to its climax, and as the grey Atlantic mist swirled outside the glass walls, I knew that the 'Sovereign' was just the beginning.
We were no longer just running for our lives. We were claiming our throne.