Serafina reclined in her chair, fingers tapping idly against the armrest, her gaze distant. Jared's words still echoed in her mind, sharp and unforgiving.
"If you ever attempt to harm Georgia again... you won't just be stripped of authority. You'll be exiled. Banished. Do you understand me?"
A smirk tugged at her lips. Almost a laugh.
As if exile could undo what they'd had.
As if a bond, no matter how sacred, could erase years of obsession, stolen nights, and the raw power they'd once wielded together.
He thought banishment could break her?
Foolish.
He was mistaken.
It was just a phase. A foolish impulse from a man trying too hard to prove something to a room full of wolves.
She rose from her seat, her silk robe dragging behind her like smoke.
"Georgia m
