KAI POV
I watched Dante Corvus bring Elara flowers three days in a row and it took everything I had not to shift and rip his throat out. Day one was roses. Day two was some exotic orchid that probably cost more than my car. Day three was a whole arrangement of moonflowers that glowed in the dark because apparently regular flowers weren't impressive enough.
Elara accepted them all with polite thanks and that professional smile she used when she was being diplomatic instead of genuine. But she was considering his offer. I could see it in the way she watched him, calculating, weighing options. The strategic part of her brain that had kept her alive this long was looking at Dante Corvus and seeing security.
I was losing her to a male who'd never even had to fight for her.
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