h her thin indoor clothes, raising goosebumps on her skin. A wave of dizziness washed over her, an
no plan. Just the desperat
o force her legs to move, a sleek black Be
as shoved open from the inside. A man in an impeccably tailored
with violent convulsions, a strangled g
e felt it. A foul, cloying energy rolling off the man in waves. It was the unmistakable stench o
nfirm the final details of his impending marriage, but the curse that had plague
edles were piercing his organs, sett
the last dregs of the life force she had ju
him, beneath the layers of dark magic. An incredibly
orarily sever the curse's hold on him, she might be able to... borrow a sliver of his
hesitate
of his torment, Aurelio forced his eyes open. He saw a blurry figure,
y drew a small, sharp symbol on his forehead. Then, she pressed her palm flat against his chest,
ritual, creating a temporar
g back the searing pain, encasing the curse in a shell of ice. T
is vitality into herself. It was like a drop of clean water in a po
urelio's breathing evened
arkness at the edge of her vision swallowing everything. With a fina
ith a smear of blood on her lips. The same woman who had just performed a miracle. For years, the wor
be his fiancée. Seraphina Sharp. And yet, she looked nothing like the woman in the
he was terrifyingly light, as if she we
ntley and carefully laid
ed his driver, his voice steady despi
scious woman who had saved him. He didn't know who she r
ot letti
to wake. And then, he
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