Selene´s POV
“A formula?” I asked, lifting my gaze to Nox, who had once again perched with feline elegance atop a pile of broken crates—legs crossed, face hidden in shadow except for the white s***h of his smile.
“Yes,” he replied in that voice of his—low, almost liquid.
“A very old one. And dangerous. But necessary.”
I watched him warily.
Though he was no longer inside me, I could still feel the trace of his energy in my veins—like an invisible ink that had marked me forever.
Nox was, in every sense, a mystery. A dangerous one. But also… a promise of answers.
A promise that now burned with more urgency than ever.
“What kind of formula?” I asked cautiously, arms crossed in front of me.
“I won’t accept another deal without knowing what it means. No more blind faith, Nox. Not even w
