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Chapter 12: A Taste for Blood

POV: Serena

Smoke still clung to the halls like a jealous lover. I wrapped Adrian’s robe tighter around me, the hem grazing my thighs as I stepped barefoot over the marble tiles, still warm from the fire that had licked at the villa’s walls. The air tasted of soot and gunpowder. Somewhere beneath it...