I swallowed and asked softly, “Do you still want me? Or… would it be better if I stayed with Moonblessed?”
Cassius’s voice was immediate, unwavering. “We want you. Don’t ever doubt that.”
“The choice is yours,” Luca said evenly, though his gaze held sharp intensity, like he was weighing me, testing me.
Lucien pressed closer, his lips brushing my ear. “Our deal still stands.”
Even without words, I felt it their claim, their need, their control over me. My heart raced, my wolf coiled and ready. For the first time, I knew without question: I belonged to them. All of them. No matter the stakes, no matter the world’s uncertainty, no matter how tense or dangerous things became.
Lucien’s low growl vibrated in my ear. “You’re driving me insane, princess.”
I could feel him straining against h
