Moonlit vow

urrent that promised both excitement and risk. Damien's gaze was steady, searching her face, as

s no going back. Once you step into my wor

people's rules my whole life," she replied

el her pulse quicken under his scrutiny. "We'll start with one simple rule, then: always keep them guessing. People like Finn... th

the storm within her, the seething rage she'd suppressed for t

into Damien's piercing eyes. "Show m

om the lingering murmurs of the party, his pace quick and purposeful. The further they went, the more Lyra

yard, the walls cloaked in ivy. Here, away from prying ey

you want to unravel everything they've built, you have to

, each one more tempting than the last. "Do

eption. Instead, you'll need to work subtly, planting seeds of doubt, letting others see him for what

n of her former best friend, the woman who'd betra

Sienna will get what's coming to her. But first, we focus on Finn.

ould see it now-the subtle manipulation, the ways he'd convinced her she needed him, that he was her only path to succes

her voice steady. "Tell me

s. "I'll be watching, Lyra. But remember-this isn't about me. It's about you

unspoken agreement that they were bound by more than just circumstance. They we

d to tuck a stray lock of hair behind her ear. His touch lingered, his thumb grazing

but commanding. "Tomorrow, we start rewriti

nto the shadows, disappearing as swiftly as he'd come, she felt a fierce surge of an