Compilation Of Short Stories
he corrected, stepping out from the shadows with the kind of predatory grace that made the ground itself seem complicit, “because you wanted me to find you.”
The air shivered. His nearness was intoxicating, more spell than presence. Every witch was taught to resist fae glamour — to avert their gaze, to cover their ears when they spoke, to shield their souls from the pull. But her pulse betrayed her, hammering with heat.
She licked her lips. “And if I did?”
Ciaran’s smile was a blade. “Then you already know the price.”
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The tension had always been there, coiled and sharp, each encounter between them dancing on a knife’s edge between battle and something far more dangerous. Tonight, the knife