~SELENE~
The Keep was asleep.
Except for me.
And him.
I didn’t know which of the triplets it was at first. Only that I woke to the scent of wild pine and stone. The moment I stirred… I felt his presence in the room. I felt his rage… the hurt… and the hunger rolling out like heat from a wildfire.
A shadow moved at the edge of my bed.
Lucian.
His golden eyes caught the moonlight… wild… feral… untamed. No words. No permission. Just fury and desire braided into something carnal and raw.
“You gave him your body,” he said… voice low and dark.
“Now I’m taking it back.”
I should have pushed him away.
But I didn’t.
Because I needed it too… needed the fire… the burn… the brutal claiming. I needed to remember who I was. What we were.
Lucian didn’t undress me gently. He tore the shift fr
