I could feel the air shift the moment Magnus entered the room. The once familiar tension that had always surrounded him now felt suffocating. It wasn’t just his presence that weighed heavily in the space—it was the dark energy that radiated from him, the same energy that had driven him to reject me and break me apart only to now desire me with a fire I couldn’t understand.
I wasn’t the same woman he had tossed aside. I knew that now, in ways I never had before. My connection with Elias had awakened something deep within me—something that made me stronger, more confident, and more willing to fight for myself.
But that fight would be harder now than ever.
"Leave," Magnus growled from the doorway, his voice laced with barely contained fury. His eyes darted to Elias, who stood beside me, un
