As the doors closed behind her, Selene leaned toward Lucien, her voice low and possessive.
"You should be careful with pets like that," she said. "They get ideas."
Lucien lifted his cup to his seductive lips unfazed . "And some guests forget they are only visitors" he answered with a smirk on his devilishly handsome face.
Selene's smile faltered.
For the first time since entering the castle, the tension at the table sharpened not because of a servant's mistake…
but because jealousy had found its target.
The guards led Aria through winding corridors far beneath the castle, the air growing colder and heavier with every step.
The faint red glow of torches gave little comfort, and shadows stretched unnaturally across the stone walls.
When they stopped, she found herself before a solid, iron-bound door. The guards opened it without a word and shoved her inside.
