Chapter 216 – Silenced
She poured herself another cup of tea and drank it fast, like it could drown the echo of his voice still stuck in her throat.
She knew the look. She'd seen it before in boardrooms, gala halls, on the faces of dragons and men who thought they could buy everything.
But Lux's version was different.
He didn't want to own her.
He wanted her to know him.
And choose anyway.
Mira wiped a spot of blood from her cheek with a napkin and stared at the tea. Not her blood.
She could walk away.
She could.
Technically.
But she'd already learned his scent.
She'd already memorized the way his eyes changed color mid-fight.
Wait, wait, wait… she did fall for him?
No way, right?
Right???
"…Stupid demon," she muttered.
And finally—finally—she let herself lean back.
Not defeated.
Just… tempted.
Like an heiress in front of a forbidden asset.
One she wanted to risk.
Again.
And again.
And again.
Meanwhile—
