Ensnared
The silver light of the chandelier caught in my hair, highlighting the dark bronze waves against my white blouse and blazer.
I look strong. Composed in posture.
Calculating stormy blue eyes. But I know the difference between surface and depth. I had inherited privilege, power, expectation—but not inevitability. There are things beyond my control. Death being one of them.
Finally, I sink into the chaise again, this time with a exhausted exhale. My room aligns, my world momentarily in order.
Cassian moves to stand near the doorway, still, watching, a living reminder that even isolation in my life came with supervision.
Hot Chapters