~Lyra~
“Is there something on your mind?” I asked, keeping my voice soft.
“I’m just not used to silence,” Kael's gaze locked onto mine.
“I could put on music,” I offered, trying for normal. “Something soft?”
He tilted his head slightly, eyes glinting. “No. Sing for me.”
I blinked. “Sing?”
“Mmm.” His voice dropped lower, intimate. He leaned in just a little. “You have the kind of voice people bleed for.”
“That’s... an intense compliment.”
“It wasn’t a compliment,” he said smoothly. “It was a request.”
Beast. Absolute scum.
I nodded, swallowing the anxiety rising in my chest. “Alright,” I whispered. “But I only know lullabies.”
“Perfect,” he said, voice like velvet over steel. “Come to my bed, and sing to me.”
“I’m fine here. On the sofa,” I replied carefully.
But Kael didn’t a
