SCARLETT The earth trembled beneath my feet, the split widening as if the moon itself demanded blood for the bond it had cursed me with. My mark pulsed in time with my heartbeat, silver fire streaking across my skin like molten veins. Kael’s fire clashed against Darius’s storm, both desperate to claim me. Lucien’s shadows slithered like serpents, curling around my waist, pulling me closer to him. “Enough,” I gasped, my voice raw, trembling between pleasure and pain. “Stop—before the moon tears us all apart.” But they didn’t stop. They couldn’t. Kael grabbed my chin, forcing my face up to meet his molten gaze. “You’ll burn for me, Scarlett. Say it. Say you’re mine.” Darius’s hand snapped around my wrist, his storm crackling over my skin, lightning sparking up my arm until I shivered.

