Lysander’s POVThe silence that followed was heavy, broken only by the ragged, synchronized gasping of our lungs. My mark throbbed against her neck, a deep, jagged imprint that leaked my essence into her bloodstream. I hovered over her, my hands still splayed against the cold stone behind her head, my body still hummed with the electric aftermath of the union.She was beautiful. God help me, she was the most dangerous, beautiful thing I had ever touched."You're marked," I rasped, my voice sounding like grinding stones. I traced the edge of the bite with my thumb, feeling the warmth of her blood. "You belong to the King now. You belong to the Alpha."Thalia slumped against me, her eyes clouded, her lips swollen from my kisses. She looked small against the vastness of the stone room, yet the power radiating from her—that strange, hidden depth—was still there, pulsing like a heartbeat."You're... insane," she whispered, her voice barely a thread. She reached up, her trembling fing
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