The Alpha Devil’s Dark Temptation
The fire had burned low in the grate, casting long, restless shadows across the bookshelves, the maps pinned to the walls, the desk still scattered with reports from the council I hadn’t touched in days.
I crossed to the sideboard. Poured whiskey into a heavy crystal glass—two fingers, then three, then four. The amber liquid caught the dying firelight and looked like molten gold. I didn’t sit. Just stood there, glass in one hand, the other braced on the edge of the desk as if the wood could keep me upright.
I pulled a thin black cigarette from the silver case on the desk. Lit it with a flick of my thumb—hellfire blooming small and obedient between my fingers. The first drag burned my throat,
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